Taylor’s is recognised as a benchmark for Vintage Port, its classic Vintages attracting the highest scores and auction prices.

Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman was founded over three centuries ago in 1692 and has been family owned and run throughout its history. Known for their elegance, longevity and distinctive scented character, they are blended from the finest wines of the firm’s own ‘quintas’ or estates. These three famous properties – Vargellas, Terra Feita and Junco – occupy distinct geographic locations and each contributes its own unique character and dimension to the subtle harmony of the classic blend. Additions to Taylor’s are the vineyards of Quinta de Casa Nova and Quinta da Eira Velha in the Cima Corgo, opposite Quinta do Junco, that have led to the release of the Taylor’s Sentinels Vintage Ports. All these properties represent the best of innovation and tradition, combining the most advanced viticultural practices with traditional foot treading, still unsurpassed as a method for making Vintage Port

Adrian Bridge, Managing Director, commented: “I am pleased to announce our decision to declare the Taylor’s 2024 Vintage release. This is the smallest ever release from Taylor’s. It has been 6 years since we declared a classic Vintage Port for Taylor’s and I am very excited about the exceptional quality. In keeping with the house style, the Taylor’s Vintage 2024 is showing great elegance and poise, firm structure and a powerful complex core of flavours that is very enjoyable now but will change and evolve in the cellar, as necessary.”

David Guimaraens, Head winemaker, was also very enthusiastic about the declaration.

“A year with a warm growth period, supported by good water reserves in the soil and balanced by a cooler harvest, has created exceptional wines from our traditional granite lagares including those at Quinta de Vargellas. The continued practice of foot treading and co-fermentation have had a significant impact on the house styles remaining unchanged but gaining more intensity. From a small harvest the resulting Vintage Ports show incredible freshness, complexity, and a wonderful sense of balance.”


A tasting note for the Taylor’s Vintage 2024

Opaque purple black colour with a fine amethyst meniscus. Characteristically stylish and racy, with a nose of dense blackcurrant and woodland fruit, overlaid with delicate herbal nuances and scents of rose petals and violets. The Taylor elegance and understatement conceal the wine’s energy and vigour. On the palate, lean, tightly knit, sinewy tannins, beautifully balanced with vibrant and delineated fruit flavours and herbal notes, to produce a stylish wine with the unmistakable Taylor combination of stamina and refinement.


A tasting note for the Taylor’s Sentinels 2024

Deep obsidian purple core with a narrow mulberry rim. The nose bursts with powerful woodland fruit, layered with rich blackcurrant, dark plum and ripe cherries that leap from the glass. Subtle notes of black cherry interwoven with delicate hint of rose petal. The fruit shows elegance and restraint. On the palate, it reveals remarkable freshness and energy with an appealing precision and lift. Lavender and gentle herbal tones all complement the flavours of damson and plums, building steadily to a long and persistent finish.

Visit Taylor’s Port Lodge when in Porto

Taylor’s, now in its fourth century, this year renovated its cellars to incorporate a modern, innovative wine experience, with expanded tasting facilities and outdoor seating. The standard audioguide tour includes three ports to taste. The story of Port wine and Taylor’s is available through visitors’ own mobile devices in 13 languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Danish, Mandarin, Dutch, Polish, Korean and Russian). The audio guide will take you on a vivid tour of the Lodge that includes an array of films, images, exhibits, photographs and paintings.

The visitor is given the opportunity to journey into the past and learn about the history of Port wine and its production today, the Douro Valley and the house of Taylor’s, its past, present and its wealth of exceptional Ports.

To take the tasting experience further, there is an additional range of Port tastings for our visitors to enjoy including a choice of many different aged Tawny Ports or one of Taylor’s classic Vintage Ports. For the Port aficionado there are daily masterclasses available showcasing the finest of Taylor’s ports hosted in a luxury private room by one of our port experts.

Taylor’s Port tastings are also available in Lisbon at the Taylor’s Tasting Cellar.

More information here for Porto and Lisbon.

www.taylor.pt