Taylor's Vintage Port 2016 Foradori grilled apricots

grilled apricots

thanks to the time spent maturing in Slavonian oak botti

Incredibly tight

One of the best and most historic examples of Xinomavro produced in Naoussa

Aged for five years in bottle

Taylor's Vintage Port 2016 Foradori grilled apricotsDark crimson but without the blueish purple of the Grahams. Tight, refined nose rather claret like. Not as obviously sweet as some. Restrained aromatically: backward with sharp, linear blackcurrant and violet notes. This tastes like a somewhat shouty, scratchy baby at the moment which is no criticism of a wine designed to age as long as a vintage port. But then there are masses of sweet fruit with liquorice surrounded in a scratchy skein of tannins