Taylor Fladgate, Vintage Port, 1970 111524NEW 5L bottle only enhances its

5L bottle only enhances its presence

Merlot-led with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc

The warm 2015 vintage adds flesh

so this is the brooding end of the Dirty & Rowdy spectrum

Taylor Fladgate, Vintage Port, 1970 111524NEW 5L bottle only enhances itsA declared vintage from 1970, still here, still going. Taylor Fladgate traces back to 1692 and remains one of the benchmark houses of the Douro, and 1970 was one of the widely declared classic years the kind of vintage that was built to be drunk about now. Fifty five years on, this has moved well into its tertiary phase: dried fig, walnut, orange peel and warm spice sitting over what remains a sweet, fortified core. It arrives from a private