Taylor´s Vintage Port 2017
Grape varieties: Several typical Douro grape varieties.
Aging: Oak hulls.
Colour: Retinto, opaque in the centre with narrow purple rim.
Aroma: The nose is full of very fine and linear fruit, intoxicating and complex, but restrained by a graphite minerality. Quinta da Vargellas has made its mark with the characteristic fragrance of violets, which hangs like a perfumed veil over the wine, with discreet notes of citrus, wild herbs and cistus.
Flavour: In the mouth the wine is cohesively bound by agile and muscular tannins, firm and very connected, finishing with a powerful wave of fresh and very pure berries.
Serve: 16 to 18⁰
Consumption: Immediate or storage (decant the wine).
Harmonisation: Nuts, intense flavoured cheeses and blue-veined cheeses are excellent accompaniments to Vintage Port. Dried fruits, such as apricots and figs, are also a perfect match.
Enology: David Guimarães
Awards and Notes:
- Robert Parker – 98-100
- James Sukling – 99/100
- Wine Spectator James Molesworth – 97/100
- Wine Enthusiast Roger Voss 97/100
- Manuel Carvalho – 99/100
- Great Choices – 19,5/20
- Revista de Vinhos – 18,5/20
