Premier Cru - Port RSS/RDF Feed http://www.premiercru.net/premier/jsp/xml/premiercruport.php 94 points Parker's WA: "The 2007 Dow?s Vintage Port is one of the stars of the vintage. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it offers up an already complex bouquet of mineral, pencil lead, licorice, spice box, and assorted black fruits. On the palate it is quite massive, slightly dry in the house style, and packed with fruit. It has the structure to be one of the long distance runners of the vintage taking as much as 20 years to reach its peak and drinking well through 2050. As an aside, I was able to taste the individual components of this wine on the day prior to this tasting. The final blend is better than any of its parts." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40994 94 points Parker's WA: "The 2007 Dow?s Vintage Port is one of the stars of the vintage. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it offers up an already complex bouquet of mineral, pencil lead, licorice, spice box, and assorted black fruits. On the palate it is quite massive, slightly dry in the house style, and packed with fruit. It has the structure to be one of the long distance runners of the vintage taking as much as 20 years to reach its peak and drinking well through 2050. As an aside, I was able to taste the individual components of this wine on the day prior to this tasting. The final blend is better than any of its parts." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40484 95 points Parker's WA: "The 2007 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a blend of multiple sites meant to express the house style in a great year. It displays a superb aromatic array of pencil lead, Asian spices, incense, blackberry, and floral notes. Dense, suave, and opulent on the palate, this is a mouth-filling, intense, layered wine that has superb grip and concentration. It will effortlessly age for 25+ years and still be delivering pleasure at age 50." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40478 95 points Parker's WA: "The 2007 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a blend of multiple sites meant to express the house style in a great year. It displays a superb aromatic array of pencil lead, Asian spices, incense, blackberry, and floral notes. Dense, suave, and opulent on the palate, this is a mouth-filling, intense, layered wine that has superb grip and concentration. It will effortlessly age for 25+ years and still be delivering pleasure at age 50." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40479 93 points Parker's WA: "The 2007 Warre Vintage Port is one of the stars of the vintage. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it displays an expressive bouquet of Asian spices, incense, lavender, blackberry, and fruitcake. Plush on the palate with outstanding volume, it exhibits a sense of elegance as well as power. Savory flavors, plenty of structure for the long haul, and a lengthy, fruit-filled finish suggests two decades of cellaring are in order. This superb effort should still be drinking well in 2050." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40486 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40971 97 points Parker's WA: "A candidate for wine of the vintage, the 2007 Graham?s Vintage Port is complete in every way. Opaque purple-colored, it offers up an ethereal perfume of smoke, mineral, Asian spices, incense, an amalgam of ripe black fruits, and a hint of chocolate in the background. This leads to a dense, super-rich, plush, opulent wine that hides its structure under all the fruit. Vibrant, impeccably balanced, and exceptionally lengthy, it will easily age for another 25-30 years in the cellar and drink well through 2050, probably longer. It is a tour de force." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40482 100 points Parker in The Hedonist's Gazette - 98+ points Rovani (Wine Advocate): "The 2003 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port improved each time I raised it to my nose or mouth. It displays a black color and a salty, graphite-laced nose packed with sweet black fruits that is reminiscent of a stellar vintage of Chateau Latour. With air, notes of molasses, burnt sugar, spices, and jammy plums emanate from the glass. Full-bodied, hugely dense, immensely rich, as well as thick, this behemoth is also amazingly balanced and harmonious. Raisins, molasses, licorice, black cherries, plums, and a distinctive note of violets are found in its complex, seamless character. Its interminable finish reveals additional notes of chocolate, kirsch, red as well as black currants, dark cherries, and rose blossoms. Armed with exceptional power, depth, and purity, this Taylor will proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with the finest ever crafted by the Fladgate Partnership. Projected maturity: 2035-2060." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=32176 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=13151 97 points Parker's WA: "A candidate for wine of the vintage, the 2007 Graham?s Vintage Port is complete in every way. Opaque purple-colored, it offers up an ethereal perfume of smoke, mineral, Asian spices, incense, an amalgam of ripe black fruits, and a hint of chocolate in the background. This leads to a dense, super-rich, plush, opulent wine that hides its structure under all the fruit. Vibrant, impeccably balanced, and exceptionally lengthy, it will easily age for another 25-30 years in the cellar and drink well through 2050, probably longer. It is a tour de force." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=40483 95 points Parker: "This house must certainly be the Latour of Portugal. Their ports are remarkably backward yet still impressive when young. Of all the vintage ports, those of Taylor need the longest time to mature and even when fully mature seem to have an inner strength and firmness that keep them going for decades. Their tawnys are also among the very best, though somewhat expensive. The 1963 is quite fabulous yet still seemingly capable of developing for another decade or more." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=RR579 96 points Parker: "This house must certainly be the Latour of Portugal. Their ports are remarkably backward yet still impressive when young. Of all the vintage ports, those of Taylor need the longest time to mature and even when fully mature seem to have an inner strength and firmness that keep them going for decades. Their tawnys are also among the very best, though somewhat expensive. The 1970 is fabulous, a broodingly dense-colored, backward port that has all the signs of future greatness, provided one is willing to cellar it until the early 1990s." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=RR569 95 points Rovani (Wine Advocate): "Violets, roses, spices, and candied dark fruits emanate from the glass of the murky black/purple colored 2003 Graham Vintage Port. After four days of air, this wine's aromatics sweetened further, displaying jammy blackberry and blueberry scents. Bold, full-bodied, and expansive, the Graham benefited the most from extensive contact with air of all the 2003s tasted for this report. This opulently jammy wine assaults the palate with powerful yet soft layers of oily, candied red fruits as well as notes of tar and hints of mocha. A highly concentrated effort, it is creamy textured, suave, and reveals an admirably long finish filled with additional layers of dark fruits intermingled with spices. Projected maturity: 2030-2055." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=32148 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=RR574 5 stars Broadbent http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=RR503 92 points Wine Spectator: "A big and juicy, young vintage Port. Round, with loads of very ripe roasted and raisiny character. Full-bodied and medium-sweet, with a tannic backbone. Try after 2008." http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=RR529 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=33633 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=38084 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=26388 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=33677 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=33674 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=23219 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=28579 http://www.premiercru.net/premier/shop/WineDetails.do?wineId=38018