1968 Single Harvest

Taylor Fladgate holds one of the most extensive reserves of very old cask aged Port of any producer. They include a collection of rare Single Harvest Ports. These are Ports from a single year which age to full maturity in seasoned oak casks and display the year of harvest on the label. Taylor Fladgate has decided to make a limited release,...

2007

The 2007 growing season was preceded by a wet winter that replenished water reserves after four hot, dry years. The humid conditions continued into spring and early summer with lower than average temperatures combined with periods of rain.  There were no significant periods of intense heat during the summer months. This ensured that the...

2019

TASTING NOTES ​Deep purple black with a narrow red rim and magenta highlights.  The keynotes here are elegance and finesse. The nose is polished and precise, displaying very pure, bright fruit with predominant notes of raspberry and cherry and an attractive fresh grapiness.  Surrounding this core of fine fruit are subtle botanical...

2007

The 2007 growing season was preceded by a wet winter that replenished water reserves after four hot, dry years.  The humid conditions continued into spring and early summer with lower than average temperatures combined with periods of rain. There were no significant periods of intense heat during the summer months. The first two weeks of...

1965 Single Harvest

Taylor Fladgate's extensive cask aged reserves include a collection of very rare and valuable Single Harvest Ports.  Not to be confused with Vintage Ports, which age in bottle, Single Harvest Ports are wines of a single year which have been aged in seasoned oak casks.   They display the date of the harvest on the...

1999

Following a wet 1998 vintage we had a very cold and dry winter, with very little rainfall. As a consequence, budburst started two weeks later than usual in mid March.  April and May were very wet, which was just as well as the water reserves in the soil were very low. Flowering occurred in mid May under wet conditions, however with the...