Taylor's Vintage Port 2016 Chateau Lynch Bages alongside a generous amount of

alongside a generous amount of ripe red fruits

All elements are so well balanced

The palate full of thyme

The palate compliments rich stewed plums with fresh garden herbs

spicy graphite restraint over the bruleed black berry opulence

Taylor's Vintage Port 2016 Chateau Lynch Bages alongside a generous amount ofDark crimson but without the blueish purple of the Grahams. Tight, refined nose rather claret like. Not as obviously sweet as some. Restrained aromatically: backward with sharp, linear blackcurrant and violet notes. This tastes like a somewhat shouty, scratchy baby at the moment which is no criticism of a wine designed to age as long as a vintage port. But then there are masses of sweet fruit with liquorice surrounded in a scratchy skein of tannins