Taylor Fladgate - 20 Year Old Tawny Port
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| Management number | 253420263 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$32.00 | Model Number | 253420263 | ||
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Taylor’s Port, sometimes called Taylor-Fladgate (particularly in the U.S.) is one of the most well-known of all Port wine brands.
The first Taylor joined in 1816, followed later by a Fladgate and a Yeatman. Taylor’s is the only Port wine shipper to remain completely independent throughout its history. British ownership continues to this day. When the last Yeatman, Dick, died in 1966, the firm passed via his widow to her nephew, Alistair Robertson.
Adrian Bridge, Alistair’s son-in-law, is the current Managing Director. David Guimarãens leads the winemaking team that is responsible for maintaining Taylor’s position as a premium Port wine producer. (Note that David Guimarãens also leads the winemaking at Fonseca, as this Port house is now part of Taylor’s portfolio of brands, which also includes the Port house of Groft and the respected Sherry brand Gonzalez Byass).
Taylor’s was the first to commercialize a Single Quinta (Estate) Vintage with their 1958 Quinta de Vargellas. Taylor’s were one of the first shippers to offer a 10 & 20 year old Aged Tawny ports, and in the early 1970’s it pioneered the Late Bottled Vintage (or LBV) style. In addition to Vintage Port, Taylor’s has also enjoyed considerable success with its Quinta de Vargellas, under which label Vintage wine is made in good years that have not been officially declared. The range has been augmented by the 116-hectare Quinta de Terra Feita in the Pinhão valley and Quinta do Junco, Vila Nova da Gaia and Xisto.
The Port wines are typically closed and austere when young; it is only with adequate aging that they loosen up and offer their subliminal qualities. Worth waiting for, though, to secure stocks one is best advised to buy young.
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