Rouget

RougetClose to fully mature, with lots of soft, silky plums, cherries and chocolate with truffle accents.

(50+ year old vines located in the lower section of the Clos)

I've certainly seen young Taylor's with more intensity

very typical for a 1985 though it is less intense nowadays

the 2018 Cote Rotie la Cote Blonde features elegant hints of mixed herbs entwined around bold boysenberry fruit

Waves of fruit build toward a huge

The sweet fruit returns on the aftertaste

Drinking perfectly today

very edgy and sharp

This was especially difficult to read to the high level of gas and reduction

Giving up fabulous black raspberry

Taylor's was and is always one of my benchmarks for what a Port should taste and smell like

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