Wine for Laying down, 5-10 Years

Seems quite oaky, but it's really just that the fruit is a little on the back foot. In need of a racking? No doubting the volume; it's as rich and full as it could be. Rich and tense and relaxed and velvety all the the s...(read more)

The 2017 Barbaresco Cottà is punchy, with terrific freshness and verve. Red toned fruit, flowers, mint and bright acids yield a decidedly delicate expression of Cottà, a Neive vineyard where the wines tend...(read more)

Tasted straight after the Grahams. Change of power here is instantly recognisable. More perfume on nose. Pot pourri with violets and crunchy sun baked blossom. On the palate this hits you with heady intensity. Deeply and...(read more)

Tasted after the Warre and this does initially seem more straightforward on the nose - young and bright fruit. Gracefully perfumed, pure fresh-fruited and lifted aromatics. On the palate this has more impact and is good...(read more)

The nose is tight and the start of the palate seems quite light fragrant but lacking richness. It fills out towards the back with a mix of cassis and black cherry yet although there are concentrated flavours the finish l...(read more)

Immediately on the nose this charms your senses. After tasting a long run of 2017s - this has a soft and aromatic allure that you do not find elsewhere. On the nose you are transported to the warm steep slopes of the Dou...(read more)

Mind-blowing really. Intense deep fruit - so concentrated. So fine-lined . Not blocky slabs of flesh - just an incredible tight strata of layers. Black-current. Damson, sweet plums. but also a slatey, dark grip that buil...(read more)

Intense, with a terrific beam of blueberry, açaí and blackberry puree flavors coursing along, flanked by graphite and baker’s chocolate notes and scored by streaks of licorice snap on the finish. A subtle v...(read more)

The house of Fonseca began trading in 1815 - and to celebrate the 200th anniversary, the firm has made a limited release of this Guimaraens 2015 Port. We feared before tasting that perhaps this had been done for the wron...(read more)

Tasted in the line-up of the three Taylor-Fladgate 2015 Vintage Ports, the Taylor was our stand out favourite. It sort of melds the finer bits from both the Croft and the Fonseca. The elegance and lightness of the Croft...(read more)

A mixed 3-bottle case of 1 bottle each of Croft, Fonseca and Taylor - a taster of the vintage from the Taylor Fladgate partnership.

A mixed presentation case of 2017 Symington family ports containing one bottle each of: Graham, Graham The Stone Terraces, Dow, Cockburn, Warre, & Vesuvio. Only 500 of these limited edition cases were produced with a...(read more)