2016 TAYLOR, Lea & Sandeman

TAYLOR

2016

Origin Portugal, Port
District Vintage Port
ABV 20.5%

Adrian Bridge who heads up the Taylor group was keen to highlight the keynotes of the 2016 vintage as being: '..purity, refinement and structure. The Taylor’s 2016 is characteristically elegant and poised and underpinned by firm, superbly integrated tannins of exceptional quality.' It would seem the only possible cloud on the horizon for buyers is that the yields were below recent vintage levels - and so the wine is likely to be tightly allocated. Grab it while you can. Very dark purple-edged colour. Magnifcent floral fruit - crystallised violets, scented and beautifully defined. Very pretty but not without power, juicy, succulent, supple tannins, and then an long, long, clinging finishwith blackberry, blueberry in syrup, cassis, and all still floral and fresh and precise. Rating: 95 L&S (Apr 2018)


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This is packed with raspberry, blackberry and blueberry fruit flavors that play off one another, melding with anise, fruitcake and ganache notes. A warm tarry edge coats the finish, revealing an echo of bramble. A seriously grippy, strapping Port, this revels in its power. Drinking range: 2032 - 2055 Rating: 98 James Molesworth, The Wine Spectator (Oct 2018)

The 2016 Vintage Port is a field blend set to be bottled about a week after this tasting. It was the final blend. It was aged for 20 months in wood and comes in with 102 grams of residual sugar. The Croft might be as rich—although I don't think so; we'll see as they age—but this is more expressive right now. The most delicious of the three Fladgate Group offerings, this has the sexiest fruit, although the Fonseca seems to have more pure power. Even allowing that it had a fair bit of air, this was showing surprisingly well for young Taylor's. That is speaking relatively, of course, because this still has power and energy. Personally, this year I'd definitely pick Fonseca, though. Fonseca just seems to have a little more upside potential. With Port, of course, things change over the decades. This is a first look, not a final word. Drinking range: 2026 - 2070 Rating: 94-96 Mark Squires, robertparker.com (Jul 2018)

In 2016 Taylor's began picking in Vargellas on 17 September, followed by Pinhão Valley estate on 23 and 26 September. The 2016 Vintage Port has an aristocratic bouquet with tight wound aromas of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, black olive and a light, marine-tinged element, perhaps almost peat-like. The palate is just beautiful with fine, chiseled tannins and a perfect line of acidity. There is that almost "arching" structure one always seeks in a great Taylor’s with a gentle but insistent grip towards the finish. It is everything you really want from a Vintage Port. Production is 6,200 cases. Drinking range: 2018 - 2030 Rating: 97 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jun 2018)

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