2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Vintage Port

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John Trombley
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2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Vintage Port

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5/2/2017 rated 96 points: 2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage, bottled 2002, , purchased at Sams Club, Ann Arbor, MI. $65/750 ml (2003). 20.5 pavb. From Impitoyable.

About 12 hours in decanter at room temperature, and then replaced into bottle. Moderately fine and copious crust. Appropriate appearance for a 17 year old Taylor, color is a little lighter than some, however. After original tasting was re-corked and the rest of servings are from Coravin.

Fine Tellicherry pepper grind in the nose. Underneath a high-toned Taylor plum/cherry fruit, clove, and vanilla. Palate shows style-typical medium texture and sweetness, but much of that is fruit that will absorb with time; sweet plum, cherry, thyme, slight umami savoriness: Medium-grained ripe full maturing tannins, clearly an adolescent decanted in advance; great length almost the best part. On this showing and with this handling history, drink 2018, with full maturity approaching in 2030.

Served with: Crown VALLEY Point Blue, Wisconsin cheese that's a great value for money. Excellent match; rather sweet and slightly salty, with very good flavor symbiosis.

72 hours after opening and 12 hours in the decanter, with 24 hours of argon exposure at the end. Very spicy and with plenty of fine tannin coupled with some heat. Full tears and full texture. Plenty of rose of attar and fresh ground pink pepper. Has a bit of linseed oil and some nice broth and vanilla, a little soft in the middle of the nose at present. Needs a bit more time open in glass. After another 13 days, at RT under argon: color lighter; violets, powdered sugar, sweetened dried plums, vanilla are more integrated, as is palate, tannins, and and aftertaste. 96/100. Mycella Blue does not measure up to the previous cheese.

Since this port seemed to be released at a very affordable price, there are some still available out there at circa $80 at auction. It should be apparent that this is a very time-flexible wine, quite typical of Taylor and of high quality, and, depending on your tastes, can be drunk now or held for more improvement, in the opinion of this taster.
Monique Heinemans.
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Re: TN: 2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage--worth restocking?

Post by Monique Heinemans. »

Wow, this sounds really good John.
I'll have to try one soon as I do love VP young too.
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