Taylor Fladgate, Vintage Port, 1970 111524NEW so this is the brooding

so this is the brooding end of the Dirty & Rowdy spectrum

led by David Croix (formerly of Camille Giroud)

The warm 2015 vintage adds flesh

approachable expression than his single-vineyard bottlings

Merlot-led with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc

Taylor Fladgate, Vintage Port, 1970 111524NEW so this is the broodingA declared vintage from 1970, still here, still going. Taylor Fladgate traces back to 1692 and remains one of the benchmark houses of the Douro, and 1970 was one of the widely declared classic years the kind of vintage that was built to be drunk about now. Fifty five years on, this has moved well into its tertiary phase: dried fig, walnut, orange peel and warm spice sitting over what remains a sweet, fortified core. It arrives from a private