Taylor Fladgate, Vintage Port, 1970 111524NEW “Pie Rupestris” 1998 is part

“Pie Rupestris” 1998 is part of Cappellano’s legendary Otin Fiorin series

5L bottle only enhances its presence

so this is the brooding end of the Dirty & Rowdy spectrum

sip it slowly

This small family domaine is based high on the Mantinia plateau in the Peloponnese

Taylor Fladgate, Vintage Port, 1970 111524NEW “Pie Rupestris” 1998 is partA declared vintage from 1970, still here, still going. Taylor Fladgate traces back to 1692 and remains one of the benchmark houses of the Douro, and 1970 was one of the widely declared classic years the kind of vintage that was built to be drunk about now. Fifty five years on, this has moved well into its tertiary phase: dried fig, walnut, orange peel and warm spice sitting over what remains a sweet, fortified core. It arrives from a private