2000 Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port

[Glenn E.]

Tasted 6/9/2009 at McCarthy & Schiering in Seattle
TFP Vintage Port tasting with special guest Robert Bower

2000 Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port
This was the 6th glass of the tasting, so my notes were starting downhill.

Dark red with good amounts of blue. Spicy and floral, but oddly no pepper. ("Oddly" in the sense that I was expecting it from an old vine Taylor, yet couldn't find it despite looking pretty hard.) Lots of blue fruits.