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Detailed Description

Golden West Condition Report - All bottles have clean labels and capsules with fills bottom neck or better. Tasting Notes - Deep brick red colour; fading and slightly browning at the edges. A ripe, mature fruit nose. Nicely balanced aromas of caramel, spice, raisin, prune. An opulent, plump, heady wine. Rich, rounded palate with an excellent balance of fruit. Lovely complexity and depth with flavours of fig, prune, raisin and chocolate. Drinking well now-2015. Michael Broadbent 5 Stars "Clearly lives up to Taylor's superb reputation. Deep ruby, with intense violet and chocolate aromas, full-bodied, with gorgeous fruit flavors, full but well-integrated tannins and an extremely long finish. Amazing balance and finesse." -- James Suckling - 98 "This house must certainly be the Latour of Portugal. Their ports are remarkably backward yet still impressive when young. Of all the vintage ports, those of Taylor need the longest time to mature and even when fully mature seem to have an inner strength and firmness that keep them going for decades. Their tawnys are also among the very best, though somewhat expensive. The 1970 fabulous, a broodingly dense-colored, backward port that has all the signs of future greatness, provided one is willing to cellar it until the early 1990s." --Robert Parker 96 A cherry red color with some bricking on the edge provides a glimpse into the nearly 40 year old Port. However, this drinks more like a 1983 VP in terms of age and there's no reason to rush to drink these now, as it is still on the upswing. Significant essence of a spirituous character, heavily leaning towards the red berry spectrum with strawberry and Kirsch dominating the nose, once past the alcohol, which did not decrease the second day although it added a gentle wave of caramel. Full, smooth and bold, the 70 Taylor delivers lots of love with a round, unctuous palate pleasing swirl around my mouth. There is plenty to enjoy here with the early onset of secondary nuances which appear along with dark cherry flavors and licorice before a bit of heat hits the aftertaste. My wife agreed with one friend who said, there's a cool root beer finish. Drink anytime during the next two decades as this has plenty of upside potential. I did not notice a distinct change in character the second day although there was definitely even more heft on the palate. 95+ points. Roy Hersh For The Love Of Port - 5/26/08 "A gorgeous Port that is just emerging from adolescence, the dark, garnet-hued 1970 reveals a touch of amber at the edge. An extraordinary nose of melted licorice, road tar, plums, fruitcake, and sweet currants is followed by a wine of great richness, huge body, a wonderful sweet, expansive mid-palate, and a blockbuster finish. It will provide sumptuous drinking over the next two decades." -- The World's Greatest Wine Estates, A Modern Perspective, Robert Parker, 2005 - 96 points, Portugal, Taylor "1970 produced some truly great wines which are only just ready to broach... Taylor is also outstanding, displaying the tight-knit concentration of aromas and flavours that is the hallmark of this vintage." Richard Mayson Decanter Magazine "rich, rounded excellent balance of fruit-figs, prunes, raisins and chocolate" Adrian Bridge (managing director, Taylor's and Fonseca) December 2001 Decanter Magazine "Good colour. Firm, ripe, quite concentrated nose. Most attractive. This is a wine rich, though not a blockbuster, has a splendid concentration of fruit: flavours of violets, cassis and blackberries, and a particularly fine balance. A lovely wine. Real finesse." -- Clive Coates MW, The Vine "Rich chocolate and coffee bouquet, generous plum, chocolate and coffee flavours." -- Wine Spectator "Medium colour, showing a bit of development; mellow, elegant nose, a whiff of wood-smoke, or garden bonfire, stylish, lovely fruit, already quite round. Just about ready, chocolatey sweet and blackberry flavour." -- Clive Coates MW, Decanter "Taylor's had a opulent, heady bouquet and meaty flavour, but perhaps this bottle was a little more 'spirity' than the Fonseca and it was in something of an alcoholic mask on the day." -- Decanter, February 1999 - Serena Sutcliffe "Deep brick red, vanilla nose, smooth and spicy, lovely depth and smoothness on palate, quite spirity but fine." -- Steven Spurrier, Circle Update, February - March 2005