NV Taylor Fladgate 40 year old Tawny Port, Portugal (750ml) Cakebread and subtle scorched earth notes

and subtle scorched earth notes

and great length

and a nice line of saline minerality

with notes of mossy earth and higher-toned red fruit shining through

The 2021 Il Blu is superb

NV Taylor Fladgate 40 year old Tawny Port, Portugal (750ml) Cakebread and subtle scorched earth notesTASTING NOTES: "This wine has reached Tawny nirvana, all of its elements in harmony, its age a ghost of red fruit, its alcohol transformed into texture. It doesnt suffer from oxidation, though it buzzes with richness, the flavors lasting on silken orange and fresh almond. Rather than the heat of Douro schist in August, it has the cool stoniness of the cellar where it evolved. Saturated with pleasure." Wine & Spirits, 96 pts "A superb wine, elegance