The 2016 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a drop-dead stunning wine, which immediately grabs your attention with its spectacular dark, inky color. It continues to thoroughly entice with its profoundly intense aromatics of raspberry and blackberry reduction which is nuanced by fresh violets and bramble fruits along with hints of balsam and fresh minerals all soaring from the glass. On the palate this shows remarkable overall complexity, concentration and power, along with a gorgeous plush, velvety texture, all while displaying a wonderful sense of precision and poise. While this should certainly go on to have an exceedingly bright future, its striking purity makes it remarkably fascinating and nearly impossible to resist in its youth.