Taylor Fladgate has announced that it will declare a classic Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port from 2024. With the increasing demand for Taylor Fladgate Sentinels Vintage Ports, a small amount will also be released.
Adrian Bridge, Managing Director
“I am pleased to announce our decision to declare the Taylor Fladgate 2024 Vintage release. This is the smallest ever release from Taylor Fladgate . It has been 6 years since we declared a classic Vintage Port for Taylor Fladgate and I am very excited about the exceptional quality. In keeping with the house style, the Taylor Fladgate Vintage 2024 is showing great elegance and poise, firm structure and a powerful complex core of flavours that is very enjoyable now but will change and evolve in the cellar, as necessary.”
David Guimaraens, Head winemaker
“A year with a warm growth period, supported by good water reserves in the soil and balanced by a cooler harvest, has created exceptional wines from our traditional granite lagares including those at Quinta de Vargellas. The continued practice of foot treading and co-fermentation have had a significant impact on the house styles remaining unchanged but gaining more intensity. From a small harvest the resulting Vintage Ports show incredible freshness, complexity, and a wonderful sense of balance.”
TASTING NOTES
Taylor Fladgate Vintage 2024
Opaque purple black colour with a fine amethyst meniscus. Characteristically stylish and racy, with a nose of dense blackcurrant and woodland fruit, overlaid with delicate herbal nuances and scents of rose petals and violets. The Taylor elegance and understatement conceal the wine’s energy and vigour. On the palate, lean, tightly knit, sinewy tannins, beautifully balanced with vibrant and delineated fruit flavours and herbal notes, produce a stylish wine with the unmistakable Taylor combination of stamina and refinement.
Taylor Fladgate Sentinels 2024
Deep obsidian purple core with a narrow mulberry rim. The nose bursts with powerful woodland fruit, layered with rich blackcurrant, dark plum and ripe cherries that leap from the glass. Subtle notes of black cherry interwoven with delicate hint of rose petal. The fruit shows elegance and restraint. On the palate, it reveals remarkable freshness and energy with an appealing precision and lift. Lavendar and gentle herbal tones all complement the flavours of damson and plums, building steadily to a long and persistent finish.