TaylorsLateBottledVintagePortMagnum2018

<p>Taylors Late Bottled Vintage Port Magnum, Portugal, 2018Grapes: A blend of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto CãoThe floral and herbal notes that come through on the nose add lovely nuances to the bouquet. The palate shows great intense fruit flavours and fantastic depth and complexity. The wine is harmonious, well-crafted and authoritative.Critics’ Tasting Notes:”Taylor’s 2018 Late Bottled Vintage is dark as pitch and has a floral, violet-edge note to the fragrance, cassis and black cherry following. So much brighter in character than the Fonseca Bin 27 also tasted. In the mouth the 104g/l of sugar plays out with mouth-filling sweetness and weight, ripe berries and again, cherry, with a dustiness to the tannins in teh finish that adds a welcome, ashy dryness to counter the lingering sweetness.”90/100 points, Tom Cannavan, January 2023″Inviting complex flavours of dark fruits and figs followed by a burst of honey. Lovely port with great balance. Easy going wine.”90/100 points (Gold Medal), Sommeliers Choice Awards, 2023Vintage Port is kept in wood for only twenty months or so before being transferred to the bottle where it will continue to age. Late Bottled Vintage, as the name suggests, is bottled later, remaining in wood between four and six years. During this relatively long period of wood ageing, an LBV matures and settles down – it is ready to drink when bottled, does not need to be decanted and can be served by the glass for several weeks after the cork is drawn.Perfect to accompany chocolate desserts, and blue cheeses such as Stilton or Roquefort.Taylors Late Bottled Vintage Port Magnum, Portugal 2018</p>