Taylors 2011 Vintage Port

Taylor's 2011 Vintage Port 

Producer Tasting Note:

Impenetrable blue-black colour with narrow purple rim. Intricate and finely constituted, the nose displays classic Taylor elegance and poise. A dense core of pure complex fruit, redolent of blackberry and cassis, is enveloped in a fragrant aura of violets. Resiny garrigue scents and subtle notes of of liquorice and black coffee emerge as the nose develops. On the palate, taut, linear tannins provide a solid framework. Fine berry fruit flavours linger into the finish where the tannins re-emerge to provide an attractive touch of austerity. This is textbook Taylor’s, the fine aromas and distinctive floral character of Vargellas blending with the dense dark woodland fruit and herbal scents of Terra Feita to produce a stylish wine with the unmistakeable Taylor combination of stamina and refinement.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"A multifaceted, Pandora’s Box of a nose that is mercurial in the glass: cassis at first before blackberry and raspberry politely ask it to move aside, followed by wilted rose petals and Dorset plum. Returning after one 45 minutes that nose has shut up shop. The palate is sweet and sensual on the entry, plush and opulent, with copious black cherries, boysenberry and cassis fruit, curiously more reminiscent of Fonseca! It just glides across the palate with a mouth-coating, glycerine-tinged finish that has a wonderful lightness of touch, demonstrating how Vintage Port is so much more accessible in its youth nowadays. But don’t let that fool you into dismissing the seriousness or magnitude of this outstanding Taylor’s."

(96-98)/100 points, Neal Martin, WINE ADVOCATE, June 2013

"Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, purple reflections. Candied purple fruit, black berry, subtle cassis, nuances of liquorice, fine mocha touch, ripe plums in the background. Firm, well-balanced sweetness, firm, ripe tannins, ripe berry fruit, mineral, finesse-rich acid structure, fine herbal savouriness and some nougat on the finish, very long aftertaste, elegance and balance."

98/100 points, FALSTAFF (Austria), February 2015