100 points James Suckling: "OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted. Full-bodied and lightly sweet with super power and intensity. So racy and focused. Yet this has such muscle and intensity. Needs at least eight years to show you everything it has to offer. Drink in 2025. (5/29/18)"
98 points and 'Top 100 Wine of 2018 (#23),' Wine Spectator: "This is packed with raspberry, blackberry and blueberry fruit flavors that play off one another, melding with anise, fruitcake and ganache notes. A warm tarry edge coats the finish, revealing an echo of bramble. A seriously grippy, strapping Port, this revels in its power. Best from 2032 through 2055. (10/24/18)"
98 points and '#5 Top Wine of 2018,' International Wine Report: "The 2016 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a drop-dead stunning wine, which immediately grabs your attention with its spectacular dark, inky color. It continues to thoroughly entice with its profoundly intense aromatics of raspberry and blackberry reduction which is nuanced by fresh violets and bramble fruits along with hints of balsam and fresh minerals all soaring from the glass. On the palate this shows remarkable overall complexity, concentration and power, along with a gorgeous plush, velvety texture, all while displaying a wonderful sense of precision and poise. While this should certainly go on to have an exceedingly bright future, its striking purity makes it remarkably fascinating and nearly impossible to resist in its youth."
98 points and 'Cellar Selection,' Wine Enthusiast: "Ripe, structured while also fruity, this intense, perfumed Port is opulent while also elegant. Its tannins and great fruit are finely integrated and are rich with potential. Black fruits, berries and a juicy aftertaste add freshness to the wine. Drink from 2028. Alcohol 20%. (Dec 2018)"
97 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "In 2016 Taylor's began picking in Vargellas on 17 September, followed by Pinhão Valley estate on 23 and 26 September. The 2016 Vintage Port has an aristocratic bouquet with tight wound aromas of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, black olive and a light, marine-tinged element, perhaps almost peat-like. The palate is just beautiful with fine, chiseled tannins and a perfect line of acidity. There is that almost "arching" structure one always seeks in a great Taylor’s with a gentle but insistent grip towards the finish. It is everything you really want from a Vintage Port. Production is 6,200 cases. Drink: 2026-2076. (Jun 2018)"
97 points Anthony Dias Blue (The Tasting Panel): "Dark and polished; mildly sweet with spicy, suave flavor; elegant, balanced, and built to last; a remarkable release, as to be expected from this house. (Oct 2018)"
98 points and 'Top 100 Wine of 2018 (#23),' Wine Spectator: "This is packed with raspberry, blackberry and blueberry fruit flavors that play off one another, melding with anise, fruitcake and ganache notes. A warm tarry edge coats the finish, revealing an echo of bramble. A seriously grippy, strapping Port, this revels in its power. Best from 2032 through 2055. (10/24/18)"
98 points and '#5 Top Wine of 2018,' International Wine Report: "The 2016 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a drop-dead stunning wine, which immediately grabs your attention with its spectacular dark, inky color. It continues to thoroughly entice with its profoundly intense aromatics of raspberry and blackberry reduction which is nuanced by fresh violets and bramble fruits along with hints of balsam and fresh minerals all soaring from the glass. On the palate this shows remarkable overall complexity, concentration and power, along with a gorgeous plush, velvety texture, all while displaying a wonderful sense of precision and poise. While this should certainly go on to have an exceedingly bright future, its striking purity makes it remarkably fascinating and nearly impossible to resist in its youth."
98 points and 'Cellar Selection,' Wine Enthusiast: "Ripe, structured while also fruity, this intense, perfumed Port is opulent while also elegant. Its tannins and great fruit are finely integrated and are rich with potential. Black fruits, berries and a juicy aftertaste add freshness to the wine. Drink from 2028. Alcohol 20%. (Dec 2018)"
97 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "In 2016 Taylor's began picking in Vargellas on 17 September, followed by Pinhão Valley estate on 23 and 26 September. The 2016 Vintage Port has an aristocratic bouquet with tight wound aromas of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, black olive and a light, marine-tinged element, perhaps almost peat-like. The palate is just beautiful with fine, chiseled tannins and a perfect line of acidity. There is that almost "arching" structure one always seeks in a great Taylor’s with a gentle but insistent grip towards the finish. It is everything you really want from a Vintage Port. Production is 6,200 cases. Drink: 2026-2076. (Jun 2018)"
97 points Anthony Dias Blue (The Tasting Panel): "Dark and polished; mildly sweet with spicy, suave flavor; elegant, balanced, and built to last; a remarkable release, as to be expected from this house. (Oct 2018)"
| Product SKU | 702066 |
| Producer | Taylor Fladgate |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Porto DOC |
| Varietal | Other Red Blends |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
| ABV | 20.0% |
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