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Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port 2008
Port from Portugal
Guimaraens is often mistaken for a single quinta Port but it is in fact the fruit of three properties, made when a classic Fonseca vintage port is not declared, more approachable in its youth but still with good ageing potential. The 2008 is still vigorous, dark and rich, rewarding now and for many years to come.
Price:
£26.00
Bottle
Price:
£156.00
Case of 6
In Stock
Code: PT2711
Wine characteristics
- Port
- 7 - Dessert sweetness
- 75cl
- Now to 2038
- 20.5% Alcohol
- no oak influence
- Cork, natural
Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman
Over three centuries Taylor’s has built perhaps the greatest reputation of any Port house. Certainly its vintage wines are some of the most sought after upon release as well as at auction, and it has been instrumental in the resurgence of interest in Port in recent decades.
This enviable reputation and the quality of the wines may owe something to the stability of the company since it was founded in 1692. Of all the British Port shippers it remains the only one to have seen a smooth succession through the generations, never having been bought or taken over by outside interests.
The founding father of the company was a Smithfield pub landlord and landowner named Job Bearsly, who set up as a general trader in Oporto, selling the acidic red wines of the Minhao region among many other products. It was his son Peter who became, as far as anyone can tell, the first British trader to venture inland into the then remote Douro Valley in search of the richer, heavier wines which he believed would be more to the taste of the British.
It wasn’t until 1816 that the first Taylor, Joseph, appeared on the scene and in 1836 he was joined by John Fladgate. Joseph died in 1837 and shortly afterwards a Dorset wine merchant by the name of Morgan Yeatman joined as a partner. Over the years they acquired fine vineyards, not least the superb Quinta de Vargellas estate, purchased in 1893 after being ravaged by phylloxera. Having restored Vargellas to health and prominence the estate has become one of ...