Taylor Fladgate holds one of the most extensive reserves of very old cask aged Port of any producer. They include a collection of rare Single Harvest Ports--Ports from a single year which age to full maturity in seasoned oak casks and display the year of harvest on the label. Each year, Taylor Fladgate makes a limited release of a Single Harvest Port made 50 years previously.
The fifth in the series is this 1968 Single Harvest.
Mahogany in colour it has smoked undertones are topped with dried fig, vanilla and molasses, toffee and toasted nuts. It has exquisite intensity and length and robust flavours of pipe tobacco,fine spice, maple syrup and marzipan.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - December 22nd, 2020