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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 1977 . 8ssos, owc. Bottle (12). ... (Total: 12 Btls. )
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 19778ssos, owc
Bottle (12)
From a collector who originally acquired these wines through Heritage Auctions. The collection has been impeccably maintained in professional storage at our temperature- and humidity-controlled wine warehouse since acquisition.
"The 1977 has consistently been at the top of my list of vintage ports in this great vintage, although the Dow, Graham, and Fonseca are equally splendid. It is a mammoth, opaque, statuesque vintage port of remarkable depth and power, but is should not be touched before 2000." (96 pts. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, Dec. 1988)
"The 1977 Taylor's Vintage Port is initially tight and conservative on the nose: strawberry, baked cherry, tobacco and wild hedgerow notes emerging but remaining tight-lipped. This needs a good decant! The palate is endowed with depth and concentration, very well balanced with an attractive crispness. Perhaps you could argue that it is a "linear" and more "correct" Taylor's compared to the 1970 and lacks some charm. But there is immense complexity here so it is more a case of a Port demanding a very long maturation in bottle." (98 pts. Neal Martin, Vinous, June 2018)
“Slightly darker and more opaque than the Graham's. Before the tasting took place, Don asked me to assess the first of 3 bottles, which he thought had something wrong. It was definitely corked, and not poured. Nose of marionberry, herbs and fennel. Great purity of dark plum and sultana flavors with dusty, fully resolved tannins. Something was not 100% right with this bottle either, but I did not detect any TCA and nearly an hour later, none was apparent. This showed a lighter-than-usual weight and was more on the elegant side of the spectrum, which is out of character for 1977 Taylor's. Nonetheless it was enjoyable and delivered a succulent, soft and well-rounded finish.” (93 pts. Roy Hersh, For the Love of Port, Feb. 2017)
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Auction Info
2025 December 12 Fine & Rare Wine Signature® Auction - Beverly Hills #5577 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2025
12th
Friday
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