1977 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:36 pm
Last night was a huge Ridge Jimsomare dinner I had organized with bottles going back to the 1968 Zinfandel. Quite the epic adventure and on top of all the Ridge's we had a number of great dessert wines too. One of the attendees brought this bottle along. Here is my tasting note on the Taylor's.
Decanted 4 hours, this was very light ruby and not right. From the time I saw it and smelled it I knew something wasn’t right. When I tasted it, it was hot, lean, and a bit simple. It seemed to have suffered heat damage somewhere along the way. A real shame as this is normally a awesome Port.
86 points
Decanted 4 hours, this was very light ruby and not right. From the time I saw it and smelled it I knew something wasn’t right. When I tasted it, it was hot, lean, and a bit simple. It seemed to have suffered heat damage somewhere along the way. A real shame as this is normally a awesome Port.
86 points