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Taylor Fladgate - Vintage Port 2009 (750ml)
Price: $134.99
Sale Price: $89.95
| Producer | Taylor Fladgate |
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| Country | Portugal |
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| Varietal | Port |
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| Vintage | 2009 |
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| Sku | 05735 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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A declaration is made only when the vintage is exceptional and the wines have long term ageing potential. For the top port houses, declarations have usually occurred about three times a decade. However in the last decade nature has been benevolent and produced four great declared vintages: 2000, 2003, 2007 and now the outstanding 2009. 2009 will be remembered in the Douro Valley as a year of low yields due mainly to the dry ripening season. Not surprisingly the year produced dense and concentrated wines, with deep inky colour, crisp acidity, wonderfully fine, complex fruit and big thick muscular tannins.
The density and scale which define the year are tempered by the refinement and poise which are the hallmark of a Taylor vintage. Elegant and finely constituted, displaying wonderfully pure fruit. A masterpiece of restrained power.--Winemakers Note
Superbly controlled spice and black cherry fruit, tight and elegant, fresh as well as rich, top potential 2019-2049.--Steven Spurrier Decanter Magazine 19.5 Points!
Going back and forth, the Taylor's 2009 has a lighter nose than the 2007 with precise dark cherry, Seville orange, fresh fig and a hint of scorched soil. The palate is full-bodied packed with ripe black cherries, fresh fig and white pepper; very harmonious and focused although I feel that the 2007 has a little more depth and persistency. Very pretty and very pure, this Taylor's may well put on weight with a couple of years in bottle and merit a higher mark.--Neal Martin erobertparker.com 95 points!
The palate is rich and bold with lots of sweetness. Generous, with smooth, intense fruit and firm yet fine-grained tannins. Massive fruit and lovely structure. Brilliant.--Jamie Good Wineanorak 97-100 points!!!
Blackish purple. This, unusually, had the headiness of Fonseca 2009 on the nose and seemed more luscious and velvety than the Quinta da Vargellas Vinha Velha on the palate.--Jancis Robinson 18 points!
