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This is a ‘single quinta’ wine, made in exactly the same way as Taylor's Vintage Port, but using only the grapes from this individual property, trodden on the estate. Only small quantities are made, and only in very good years. Many experts believe Taylor's Single Quinta Vintage Ports to be better than other companies’ declared years. The name of Taylor's is more of an assurance than the year.
Taylor's has owned the beautiful estate of Vargellas for over a century, and it is acknowledged as one of the great vineyards of the world. It has the highest percentage of old vines of any quinta in the Douro, 60% being over 75 years old. Quinta de Vargellas Vintage Ports are ready to drink from ten years, but will go on developing for another twenty years or so - almost as long as Taylor’s declared Vintages. |
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| Records show the Quinta de Vargellas being sold at Christie's auction house in the 1820´s. Quinta de Vargellas vintage ports are one of a small handful of single estate ports to have achieved the stature and reputation of the great 'declared' vintages and to be traded regularly at auction. Still as prized today as they were over 180 years ago, these distinctive wines are one of the longest established of all single estate ports. Information on Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha 2007 Vintage Port |
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| Quinta de Terra Feita’s vines have been supplying Taylor's with the highest quality grapes for over a hundred years. This famous old estate is one of the most substantial properties in, what is considered by many, to be the finest wine producing area of the Upper Douro. The Quinta is situated on the western slopes of the Pinhão River Valley. With over 61 hectares under vine it produces 1,300 hectoliters of port wine. The wines of Terra Feita are all produced in traditional granite lagares on the property. This ancient method still produces the best quality wine; the gentle action of the foot carefully extracts the maximum color, fruit and tannins from the wine. |
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| Terra Feita wines are powerful, richly perfumed wines, with enormous reserves of fruit. Together with those of Quinta de Vargellas, the wines of Terra Feita form the backbone of the legendary Taylor's declared vintage ports. Small amounts of Quinta de Terra Feita have also been bottled, since the beginning of the century, as single quinta vintage ports when a general Taylor's declaration is not made. Whilst normally kept for family consumption, small parcels of this single estate vintage are now being released on to the market. Powerful and richly perfumed, with enormous reserves of fruit, these superb Pinhão Valley wines are now being discovered by a select group of connoisseurs of fine vintage port. |
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