 Taylor's Quinta de Vargellas
vintage 2001 | Bin VP02001
£28.40
  In the Press: The Observer, 50 Best Christmas Wines - Nov 2011
Vargellas usually forms the backbone of Taylor's vintage Ports and produces excellent wine in years that are not declared as a full vintage. Sweet black fruits, prunes and coffee with spice and molasses. Well-textured, excellent.
Press Comments
"From Taylor's best estate, this is a charming wine with a discreetly purring power." David Williams, The Observer, 50 Best Christmas Wines - November 2011 "A particularly successful vintage of this single quinta classic – quite a firm style and no hurry whatsoever to drink." Jancis Robinson, www.jancisrobinson.com "Here's another opportunity to get a vintage port at a fraction of the price you'd normally expect to pay. This one comes from Taylor's top vineyard Vargellas, high up in the Upper Douro. It's a really balanced, stylish tipple." Rosie Hilpern, The Independent - December 2011  Style: Port
Drinking Time: Drink or keep
Grape Varieties: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Francêsca, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional
 
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 Producer Profile...
Probably the best known of all Port houses, the firm known today as Taylor’s was founded by Job Bearsley who was a general trader. The famous Taylor’s 4XX logo is in actual fact a wool mark! It was Job’s son Peter who moved the company to Oporto in 1709 and they were the first English family to purchase property in the Douro in 1744. In 1816 Joseph Taylor joined the firm and it was soon trading under his name, 1836 saw the arrival of John Fladgate and Morgan Yeatman. Descendants of these three families have run the firm ever since, and it remains independent. David Guimaraens is the wine-maker here, producing ‘first growth’ Vintage Port. Taylor’s were the first to plant single variety vineyards at Quinta de Vargellas.
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