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Taylor’s Vintage Port, Quinta de Vargellas, Porto, Portugal, 2013 (Wooden Gift Box)

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£29.97/bottle

2013  |  20.5%
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Single Quinta Vintage port from Taylor’s, “the Latour of the Douro” (Robert Parker). 2013 was not declared as a vintage but a small amount of Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas, picked at the peak of ripeness, has been made into this magnificent release.

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Tasting notes: Luscious, velvety black fruits, violets, kirsch, dark chocolate, spice

Aroma: Ripe black fruit, floral, oak and spice

Drink by: end of 2051

Grape Variety:
Touriga Nacional is dominant in this blend, which also includes Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca,Tinta Cão and Tinta Amarela. Includes grapes which have been traditionally foot trodden. Aged for two years in large old casks, prior to bottling unfiltered and unfined.

Food Match:
Just ready to drink now, but do decant the clear wine gently (off its sediment lees) a couple of hours, at least, before serving. It will improve with aeration in a decanter. Pair, classically, with a full flavoured cheese board selection, served with walnut bread and quince jelly. Equally enjoy on its own and sip into the evening.

Producer:
Taylor’s produce arguably the finest and most ageworthy vintage ports. They own three estates, including Quinta de Vargellas, and after every harvest each property’s finest wines are kept aside to age. After two years, a tasting panel judges whether the wines are worthy of being declared ‘vintage’. 2013 had a difficult harvest and was not generally declared. Quinta de Vargellas, however, was one of Taylor’s first estates to start picking and brought in enough grapes before the rains to make a gloriously rich, ageworthy, single-quinta port. Grapes are pressed the traditional way, trodden by foot in granite lagares, then cool fermented in stainless steel tanks. This vintage port is young and, although delicious now, will improve with age.

Vargellas is the backbone of the blend in all Taylor’s declared Vintage Ports, but in many years they make this release just from the single Quinta. The tradition is still maintained here of foot treading the grapes for their top Vintage Ports. The single Quinta wines are usually more forward and expressive early on, but capture all the pedigree, power and elegance of the Taylor house style.

Of all the Port houses, few are more renowned and historic as Taylor’s. Taylor’s is one of the oldest founding Port Houses; a history that began in 1692, it remains to this day independent and family-owned. It’s ageing cellars remain in Oporto, the birthplace of the Port industry.

Taylor’s is also revered for its innovation, having pioneered the Late Bottled Vintage style. Its resources are unrivalled, with one of the largest reserves of cask-aged wines to create their tawny Ports and an extensive ownership of the top vineyard sites throughout the Douro.

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