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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Wed, Nov 05, 2025 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: Port
Vintages: 1979 and earlier
| Producer |
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| Taylor |
1970 |
Port (12x750ML) 
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$2,622.98 |
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WS 98 (12/1989): Clearly lives up to Taylor's superb reputation. Deep ruby, with intense violet and chocolate aromas, full-bodied, with gorgeous fruit flavors, full but well-integrated tannins and an extremely long finish. Amazing balance and finesse. Still needs time.
WA 98 (5/2008): A deep garnet core with a faded brick rim. The nose is still tight, youthful with notes of liquorices, raisin, boot-polish and a little lemongrass. Again, very well defined and a little more intensity than the -63. The palate is full-bodied with firm tannins, very cohesive with superb ripeness: wild strawberry, lemongrass, smoke and dates with an incredibly long, persistent finish. There is an effortless nature to this port and having encountered this several times, this is undoubtedly the best bottle I have had. It has such weight on the finish that it will cruise past another 20-25 years in bottle. It just has the edge over the great -77.
FTLOP 97 (1/2010): Sophia Bergqvist visits our home - It was getting a bit late for a school night and I knew that our guests had an early morning appointment, so it was time for the final course, delectable (store bought) mini-chocolate cheesecakes. True to form when having a Port producer to our home for the very first time, I decanted a bottle of the venerable 1970 (for nearly 11 hours). This bottle was as good as any T'70 I've ever had before and that is saying something. The decanter made its way around the table and it appeared the others also enjoyed its charms. It showed a dark ruby with absolutely no bricking, a really stellar bottle. Although youthful, this exhibited complex and secondary flavors of prune, blackberry and a cocoa essence which added to the mix. Dense and refined, bordering on hedonistic, rarely do I find bottles of this particular Port where the tannins still stand firm, especially with such a long decant. Terrific and I hope the rest from the case show as well, and if so, I'll be able to enjoy them the rest of my days. |
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1975 |
Port (6x1.5L)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$2,121.97 |
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MB [***[*]] (12/1993): The best '75 by far. Immensely impressive in 1977 and, despite losing its concentration, with richness and sweetness in the early 1980's. In the early 1990's still relatively deep, youthfully plummy; hard, prune-like fruit; very sweet, quite powerful, stern, lean yet fleshy for a '75, with dry tannic finish. Showing some maturity thoughstill hard. Lovelyflavour. Taylor 'grip'. Last noted Dec 1993. Drink 2005-2020.
WA 87 (1/1989): 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 1975 has turned out richly fruity, supple, and offers delicious drinking for the near future.
WS 78 (12/1989): Not bad, but more like a good late-bottled vintage. Medium red, with plum and pepper aromas, medium-bodied, with simple fruit flavors. The alcohol is beginning to show. |
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