Joel Lara

8.9

This is the 2020 Late Bottled Vintage Port. Full bodied, medium sweetness, and alcohol at 19.5%. Alcohol not overly noticeable when served chilled. Notes of cherry, bittersweet chocolate, and almond liqueur, with hints of dried fruits. Enough acidity to provide good balance. Really tasty to drink for dessert, and also makes a good reduction sauce for pan-seared duck breasts. — 15 days ago

Doug Powers

9.3

[8 hour decant] This is from a very fine lot of 1977 Graham’s I purchased in the mid-to-late 1990s from a small Napa importer, and is at the level of the 1977 Fonseca we drank last week, sweet, nice weight and balance, long, lingering finish, very nice!! — 4 months ago

with Jim

Ming L

9.0

Taylor Fladgate is arguably the benchmark for LBV which they basically pioneered.

Notes of ripe blackberries, plum, cedar, chocolate, and spice. Warm and supple with balancing acidity. Great value. — 5 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Served this slightly chilled (12’C?).
Gorgeously fresh and pure dark fruit. Succulent, juicy, still primary….
Tannines and alcohol beautifully blended into the dense and viscous core. Only a slight hint of spice, chocolate and licorice now. Sweetness and freshness in excellent balance. It even feels more fresh than sweet at the moment. Certainly not too heavy nor intense.
This is so forward and yummy and sexy right now… I just don’t miss the complexity it might be lacking at this stage.
Sure, it has a few decades of life left and it could get more cerebral and complex…
But don’t bother. Drink it now! — 9 months ago

Brian Kaufman

9.1

Got this in my monthly wine club. Didn't recognize any of the grapes, but I was pleasantly surprised. It had subtle citrus and stone fruit notes with the perfect acidity. Would pair well with so many different dishes. — 4 years ago

Mike Holzer

9.2

Delicious. Cherry nose with hint of pineapple and tobacco. Fantastic structure acid with very subtle smooth tannins. 2 bottles left of this vintage drink over next 2-3 years — 4 years ago

with Ania

Ellen Clifford

8.9

This wine throws parties that go late but not too late full of characters but polite ones and also invites you to dinners with other intellectuals that go late and are rich but get deep and down to life on earth. Which is to say it hints at decadence but is cool with just having like, a real deep conversation on literature. Full of blackberry and cassis fruit but with baking spices and something that says mud delicious mud. Vibing with tannins that aren’t knitted in and a certain element that satisfies but leaves you unsatisfied so you take another sip and it may be on purpose to remind you you are mortal. — 5 years ago

Jason Gelman

9.4

memorable bottle of wine on our last night in Porto. beautiful dinner and beautiful view at Vinums patio in the Grahams port house. breathtaking view of the city. this is a food wine through and through. paired beautifully with sausage, two salads, and filet mignon. — 2 months ago

Monte

9.0

Purchased after reading the novel “Theo of Golden”…Which I highly recommend. Sweet caramel, baked cherry, mint perhaps; really enjoyed this Port. Love the dark ruby…. — 2 months ago

Paul St Clair

9.1

Strong red fruit in the nose with a touch of smokey oak. Raspberry and red cherry with a touch of leather and violet opens into round tannins with a dry medium mouth feel. The finish is long with good tannins settling into a touch of maduro style cigar and fennel seed. Very enjoyable and I recommend decanting this bottle. — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

1994 vintage. Popped, decanted and filtered and tasted immediately. Opened six decades too early. The whole crushed violets and plummy thang definitely there alongside hints of sweet tobacco in her breath. With apologies, just another number in your little black book. These are the pros and cons. 1.24.26. — 8 months ago

Anthony Pro

9.1

I'm not usually a huge fan of Port, but give me this after a nice meal. Significantly different than the 10 year. Caramel. Smokey. Honey Nut Cheerios. — 3 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

Smells of warm blackberry scone.

Starts off with kirsch, artichoke amaro, hint of licorice, horehound, mint. Was hoping this would be better at the price point, as you don’t see many 100% touringa nacional in the states. — 4 years ago

Chance Miller

9.7

1963, Dr. Green. Hope to collaborate on a tonging one of these days🙂 — 5 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

1977 vintage. Last tasted 12.23.23 (9.6). Opened and filtered into a decanter. Tons of chunky sed trapped in the bowels of the bottle thank goodness. Tasted after 1 hour. Still top-notch and still going to outlive your born/unborn children. Great vintage port has a way of eliminating your rationalizations, excuses and contrived nonsense and cutting immediately to the bottom line. Prepare to be boarded. 8.1.26. — 2 months ago

Doug Powers

9.1

Big, rich, ripe LBV with awesome fruit and structure, lacks the subtlety of the 1977 Graham’s vintage, but a great LBV as a sipper!! — 4 months ago

with Jim

Marcel Van Duinen

9.1

Mooie Port, maar mag nog best een jaar of 10-20 jaar liggen. Nog wel wat scherpe randjes. — 3 years ago

Jay Boberg

9.2

Soft tannin, lots going on - more than 80 different varieties of grape - very unique — 3 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.4

2016 vintage. Dirk Niepoort's answer to Burgundy and it actually has a Pinot Noir like colour and mouthfeel. This is a very unusual Douro from very old vines. Delicate nose with sour cherries , pomegranate and flowers. It is all about finesse and subtlety. Very long. Delicious and expensive (80 euros), but if you see the prices of Portuguese high end wines these days it almost seems a bargain. — 4 years ago

Jan A

9.7

This is on the chocolate side on the palate rather than on the fruit side, although the nose has plenty of violets. Often overlooked besides the much praised 1994 vintage, this is just a killer VP with a massive tight core and an excellent bottle. Much less advanced than 1994's I had in the past 5 years so no hurry here if you have well stored bottles. — 5 years ago