Comments on: Taylor Fladgate’s fine 20-year-old tawny http://www.drvino.com/2011/02/14/taylor-fladgates-fine-20-year-old-tawny/ wine talk that goes down easy Tue, 21 May 2013 22:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Graeme Davis http://www.drvino.com/2011/02/14/taylor-fladgates-fine-20-year-old-tawny/#comment-339388 Graeme Davis Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:20:53 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=8481#comment-339388 I had the pleasure of drinking Taylor’s 20 Year Old with Adrian Bridge at Vargellas in the Duoro last year – it was a warm night and the tawny was a welcome “middle course” between white port to start and vintage port to end.

]]> By: Paul Kalemkiarian http://www.drvino.com/2011/02/14/taylor-fladgates-fine-20-year-old-tawny/#comment-337083 Paul Kalemkiarian Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:41:59 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=8481#comment-337083 I don’t drink much port either, but I love it around the holidays. I’ll never forget my father opening a bottle of 1900 port (and I wish I could remember the name) at midnight of the year 2000, when all of the computers were supposed to be failing.

Kopke also makes a mean tawny port, my favorite vintages being the 1980 (slight nutiness in the front palate, nice citrusy finish) and the 1957 (layers of almond, walnut, lots of acidity).

Paul Kalemkiarian
President, Wine of the Month Club
http://www.wineofthemonthclub.com

]]> By: Lyman Dally http://www.drvino.com/2011/02/14/taylor-fladgates-fine-20-year-old-tawny/#comment-337082 Lyman Dally Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:16:36 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=8481#comment-337082 Summer and its oppressive heat cannot pass thru’ fast enuff for me to resume enjoying my beloved Port in front of my fireplace (woodburning; not gas!). I could be a billionare and life; at that moment anyway, would not be more sublime.

I agree on the 20-year being the most rewarding in relation to price. Ramos Pinto tawnies follow along similar lines. Truth be told Warre’s Vintage is my reigning Port wine favorite: always something of a Tawny note intermingled with the flavor dimensions of vintage richness (Niepoort also has this).

Thank God it’s not spring yet! Where’s my matches??!

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2011/02/14/taylor-fladgates-fine-20-year-old-tawny/#comment-337076 Dr. Vino Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:08:43 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=8481#comment-337076 Hi Sediment Blog,

Screw the decanter–you haven’t done the Stilton/roaring fire/bearskin rug thing with port? A 100+ point experience awaits you…

;-)

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]]> By: The Sediment blog http://www.drvino.com/2011/02/14/taylor-fladgates-fine-20-year-old-tawny/#comment-337068 The Sediment blog Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:59:57 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=8481#comment-337068 So in the US, then, essential accessories for port drinking include “Stilton, a roaring fire or a bearskin rug”.

Not sure what the bearskin rug is for, but here in London, we favour a decanter…

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