Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

Barros Colheita Porto 1967:
CellarTracker.com – 91.5/100

Producer notes: Topaz color and very intense aroma, slightly woody, a result of long aging in cask. Full-bodied, soft and velvety with distinctive flavors of dried fruit, which persist forever.

Taylor's Vintage Port 1970:
‘The 1970 Taylor's Vintage Port has a tight nose, youthful with notes of liquorice, raisin, boot-polish and lemongrass. It is well defined and displays a little more intensity than the 1963. The palate is full-bodied with firm tannins, very cohesive with superb ripeness: wild strawberry, lemongrass, smoke and dates with an incredibly persistent finish. There is an effortlessness to this Port. It has such weight on the finish that it will cruise past another two decades in bottle.’ – Neal Martin, Vinous, 98/100 (Jun 2018)

‘This wine's dark garnet color with minimal bricking suggests a relatively youthful wine and this certainly could age longer, although it's also delicious now. Wonderfully complex floral and herbal scents easily move into deep, rich flavors of chocolate and cherries, sprinkled with a healthy dose of Douro minerality and spice. Drink or hold.’ – Joe Czerwinski, Wine Enthusiast, 99/100 (Feb 2007)

‘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.’ – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 98/100 (Jan 2000)