1966 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port, Portugal

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• 12/28/2025 – berlinhotel Likes this wine:97 Points

  perfect bottle

  12/25/2025 – talbot61 Likes this wine:94 Points

  This bottle had a very leaky cork and a low level, but the apparently indestructible wine was fine — rich and nutty and delicious.

  2/2/2025 – rexmerlot wrote:93 Points

  59 years old and still drinking nice. Was shocked as I was pouring from bottle to decanter. Looked almost clear in colour. Lightish colour in decanter, but still that intense port flavour. More strawberry in flavour vs the dark fruits of a younger port. A great experience.

  5/6/2021 – talbot61 Likes this wine:94 Points

  Lightish color but intense flavor. It has all the plum pudding flavors wrapped around a crackling acidity that makes the wine seem still young, almost unevolved. It should be good for drinking anytime in the next 50-75 years.

  12/20/2020 – Brett H Likes this wine:100 Points

  You bloody Beauty! A great bottle. One of the best wine experiences I’ve had in many a year. Bought this for £95 (half what you’d pay now retail) at a furniture auction as the levels looked decent. I reckon it must be one of the best wine purchases I’ve ever made. Grants of St James’s label. Phenomenal balance and length of flavour with a finish that goes on and on for eternity. An intoxicating nose that fills the house (my wife came through the front door and it hit her like a bloody sledgehammer) and whilst definitely that of an old VP it also riminds me a bit of a good ol’ Aussie Liqueur Muscat. The palate is all spicy raisins, overripe fig, Agen prunes and some caramel (think PX sherry) with no heat at all from the spirit which I so often find in pre-2011 VPs. There is also a lovely refreshing acidity and surprisingly a reasonable amount of tannic grip – given its balance the wine could last another decade at least. Note to self: buy and drink more port!