Taylor's First Estate Reserve Port Wine, 75 cl

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Made by Taylors. Very sweet and rich with smooth berry fruits, some caramel and a hint of pepper. An attractive sweeter style. 87/100

I’ve divided these Ports into four categories. Reserve Ruby represents the most affordable style, and these are increasingly good buys, rich in fruit. Then we have the staple of the vintage style – Late Bottled Vintage. These are ready to drink, made in a fruit-forward vintage style, but with longer in cask before bottling, and they can be pretty smart wines. Then Vintage, which includes the Single Quinta wines. This is where things get pretty serious. And finally Tawny: a very different style, aged for a long time in casks, with less emphasis on fruit and more the complexity that comes from ageing in barrel. Don’t be afraid to serve tawnies a bit chilled: it can really help them.

RESERVE TAWNY - For each of the historic bottles in the series, Taylor’s skilled blenders have created a wood aged Reserve Port drawn from the company’s extensive reserves and matured in oak casks in its ‘lodges’ in Oporto. Fully aged, these superb limited edition blends are ready for immediate enjoyment. Warm, rich, spicy and bold with lifted red cherry and raisin aromas as well as some cinnamon and herb notes. Rich, bold, complex and spicy. 93/100 Made by the Symingtons, this is really lovely. It’s direct and focused with bright cherry and plum fruit. Not too sweet, with nice structure and lovely floral fruitiness. 90/100

Cedary, spicy and raisiny with real complexity, some marmalade hints and lovely smooth, intense flavour. This is serious. 94/100Made by the Symingtons. This rather sweet-tasting Port has fresh raspberry and cherry fruit with a bit of spicy structure. It’s floral and enticing, with lovely weight. 89/100 March 2, 2019 March 5, 2019 jamiegoode Some highlights from Simplesmente Vinho, an authentic wine festival held in Porto Tagged portugal Archives Made by the Symingtons. This is a bargain. It’s mellow and rounded with some spicy, leathery maturity and really nice smooth berry fruits. Textured and delicious. 90/100 Mellow with a minty, herby, tea-leaf edge to the sweet, textured cherry and plum fruit. Mellow and complex, this is drinking well now.