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Taylor Fladgate Golden Age 50 Year Old Tawny Porto NV
Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalTaylor Fladgate Golden Age is a collector's edition port released in limited quantities. In the years leading up to the blending, the individual wines were aged in Taylor's cellars in specially selected seasoned oak casks that the firm's team of expert coopers cared for. Fifty years is considered the Golden Age of maturity for such a Tawny. It is blended from rare wood-aged ports matured in large oak casks, and the fruit comes from the Douro Valley's eastern reaches, considered the best source of the most long-lasting wines. The colour mixes chestnut and copper with typical elegant and ethereal aromas of nutmeg, rum raisins, and spice. The palate continues the parade of flavours with prunes, dried apricot, streaks of orange, and a freshness of acidity that adds life to the butterscotch almond finish. Long, complex, and contemplative, this is an intriguing bottle of port for the enthusiast. Its exposure to oxygen over 50 years means if you have the willpower, you can open the bottle and taste it over weeks without worrying about it going off. Pecan pie, anyone? Look for this in private wine stores in December.Tasted: 30 September 2022Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $349.99 | 750ml | select private retailers |
Blend: Touriga Nacional - Touriga FrancaCSPC: 467410UPC: 5013626116722
