Portugal
2022 Susana Esteban A Centenaria Tinto Alentejano (750ml)
A Centenária was first produced in 2021 with grapes from a centenary vineyard with a field blend from the São Mamede mountains. The 2022 A Centenária fermented in open-top stainless steel lagar and matured in old barrels for eight months. Susana wanted to...
2022 Susana Esteban Foudre Alentejano (750ml)
We recently received a small allocation of the coveted "Foudre" bottling by esteemed Portuguese producer Susana Esteban. Up until today, the only white wine that Revista de Vinhos, Portugal's leading wine publication, had ever given a perfect score to was the 2018 vintage of Susana Esteban's Foudre, her remarkable old vine white field blend aged in a single Alsatian cask from 1961.
For the second time ever, Revista de Vinhos gave a white wine a perfect score, and again it was for Susana's Foudre, this time for the just released 2022 vintage. (Sadly, because she only has one foudre in which the wine ages for 18 months, she only makes the wine in even numbered years!).
The wine is sold out in Portugal.
Translated Excerpts from the review: "100 Points. A perfect white... It is textured, deep, vigorous, wide, long, racy... It's impressive how many layers this wine has and how many sensations it awakens. It's the Beatles, Tom Jobim, Cole Porter and Debussy. All at the same time..."
2017 Taylor Fladgate - Porto Late Bottled Vintage
The 2017 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a typical Douro blend bottled in 2022 with a bar-top cork and 104 grams of residual sugar. This takes the lively Croft 2016, another of the Fladgate Group's houses, and adds a little depth. More importantly, it adds w...
NV Taylor Fladgate - Porto Tawny Reserve Historical Collection III 'The Mallet'
This is an overachiever for its young age, easily 10-Year quality (although Taylor’s makes a pretty big 10—so perhaps that is not a good comparison with Taylor’s own 10). It is fresh, complex for the style and very tasty, finishing with a sweet edge. The ...
NV Taylor Fladgate -50 Yr Old Golden Age Tawny
The NV 50 Year Old Tawny Port is a field blend bottled with a bar-top cork in 2022 and with 158 grams of residual sugar. Mature, with dark chocolate nuances, this is rich, deep and sensationally delicious. The concentration is exceptional too. Then, there...
2018 Taylor Fladgate - Vintage Port HALF BOTTLE (375ml)
The 2018 Vintage Port is a field blend aged for approximately 18 months in very old and large wooden vats. It comes in with 100 grams of residual sugar. This is the third straight declaration (2016, 2017 and this 2018) of a classic Vintage Port for Taylor...
2018 Taylor Fladgate - Vintage Port
The 2018 Vintage Port is a field blend aged for approximately 18 months in very old and large wooden vats. It comes in with 100 grams of residual sugar. This is the third straight declaration (2016, 2017 and this 2018) of a classic Vintage Port for Taylor...
1977 Taylor Fladgate Porto Vintage Port
This house must certainly be the Latour of Portugal. Their ports are remarkably backward yet still impressive when young. Of all the vintage ports, those of Taylor need the longest time to mature and even when fully mature seem to have an inner strength a...
NV Taylor Fladgate - Porto Tawny Port 10 Year Old
Taylor Fladgate - Porto Tawny Port 10 Year Old NV 750ml
NV Taylor Fladgate - Porto Tawny Port 20 Year Old
Ranked #76 in Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2023
