2022 Port wine Taylor's, Sentinels
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Taylor's Port Unveils Taylor's Sentinels Vintage Port wine 2022

Taylor's Unveils Taylor's Sentinels Vintage Port wine 2022

2022 Taylor’s Port is proud to announce the release of its new Taylor’s Sentinels Vintage Port, a unique blend crafted from wines produced on Taylor’s historic properties in and around the Pinhão Valley. This central region of the Douro Valley is one of the most historically significant areas for Port wine, recognized as the source of the finest Ports since the inception of the Port trade.

The blend for Sentinels Vintage Port is based on ‘parcel selection’, a meticulous process of choosing wines from specific plots on each estate. Like Taylor’s Single Quinta Vintage Ports, the Sentinels Vintage Ports will be crafted in years that do not produce a classic Taylor’s Vintage. These vintages yield wines with the potential to age and improve in bottle yet are approachable and enjoyable when young.

Unlike Single Quinta Vintage Ports, which reflect the character of a single vineyard estate, Sentinels Vintage Port represents a harmonious fusion of wines from Taylor’s four heritage properties, located in the heart of the world’s oldest demarcated wine region.

David Guimaraens, Taylor’s Head Winemaker, commented, "The creation of Taylor’s Sentinels Vintage Port is a tribute to the unique terroir of the Pinhão Valley. Each estate contributes its own character to the blend, resulting in a wine that is both complex and harmonious. It's a true reflection of the rich heritage and meticulous craftsmanship at Taylor’s."

Taylor’s continues to honour its rich heritage and commitment to quality with this new release, offering wine enthusiasts a unique blend that encapsulates the essence of the Pinhão Valley.

Tasting notes

Deep purple black core with a narrow purple rim. An explosion of powerful woodland fruit, overlaid with a rich layer of blackcurrant, dark plum and cherries that jump out of the glass. The woodland fruit aromas are infused with subtle notes of dark cherry, hints of rockrose, a touch of mint and beautiful perfumed rose petals.

The fruit is elegant and understated concealing the wines vigour and energy. On the palate the wine displays incredible freshness, purity of fruit and an attractive leanness, with a hint of lavender and herbal aromas. Laser focused berry fruits of damsons, plums and black cherries continue to build into the very long finish.

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The Harvest 2022 Port wine
The dormancy period between November and February was extremely dry, with only 78mm of rainfall recorded. The average for this period is much more in the order of 370 mm. Fortunately, March was wet with 75mm of rain which was very important for the growing season to start with some water.

Bud burst occurred on the 20th March which is later than normal and Spring was dry. When flowering started on the 19th May, we continued to register very low levels of water – 195mm to be exact from the previous November to the 31st May.

Because of the dry conditions, we had very little pressure from disease, which meant that the key focus in the vineyards was dedicated to working the canopies. At the beginning of June we entered a phase of the first of many heatwaves with temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius recorded - this is very unusual for June.

On the 14th July in Pinhão we recorded a temperature of 46.5c, the highest temperature recorded in the country in 2022. As a result of the extreme temperatures, veraison only occurred in the last week of July.

Harvest started on the 5th September at Quinta do Junco, 7th September at Quinta da Casa Nova, 8th September at Quinta da Eira Velha and 9th September at Quinta da Terra Feita, with the vines producing very small berries, which gave them a good juice to skin ratio. On the 6th September we had a very welcome 4mm of rainfall which kept the temperatures down and gave some very welcome relief to the vines and did a great job in giving the grapes that all important final push.

2022 will be remembered for the year that we were able to foot tread again, after two years interruption due to COVID. Seeing the lagares full of people again and knowing that this is the way great vintage ports are made, was a sight to behold.

1977 Vintage Port wine Quarles Harris VAT and Duty is included in the price

Very Old Single Harvest 1977