Taylor's Vintage Port

Taylor's is a structured Port house — firm and tannic, the slowest of the four builds to open and the longest-lived. PortDB records 33 Taylor's releases spanning 1960–2024, 12 of them single-quinta wines. Across the set, 4 vintages are rated legendary (1963, 1977, 1994, 2011) and 12 classic. Their windows open 1982–2046, with decline modelled from 2034–2126.

Style: Structured
Wines in PortDB: 33 (12 single-quinta)
Range: 1960–2024
Tiers: 5 legendary · 14 classic · 6 very good · 8 good
Named quintas: Vargellas Vinha Velha, Quinta de Vargellas, Quinta de Terra Feita
Windows open: 1982–2046

Every Taylor's vintage

Taylor's vintages recorded by PortDB, with type, quality tier, prime drinking window and a sourced note.
Year	Wine	Rating	Prime window	Note
2024	Vintage Port	Very good	2046–2084	First universal declaration (all major houses) since 2017 and Taylor's smallest release… The Drinks Business / Taylor's 2024 classic declaration coverage
2018	Vintage Port	Classic	2040–2085	Taylor's third consecutive classic declaration (2016–2018), a Fladgate-led year the… Taylor's official site - 2018 Vintage Port (Classic Vintage) product page
2017	Vintage Port	Classic	2039–2084	Stunning year declared back-to-back with 2016; concentrated and built to last. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
2017	Single quintaVargellas Vinha Velha	Classic	2031–2070	Old-vine micro-cuvee, ~97 points; rare, dense and profound. Taylor's official Vargellas Vinha Velha vintage list
2016	Vintage Port	Classic	2038–2083	Compared to 1977 for finesse and long-term potential; outstanding power and elegance. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
2012	Single quintaQuinta de Vargellas	Good	2026–2059	Elegant single quinta from a non-declared year. Taylor's official Quinta de Vargellas vintage list
2011	Vintage Port	Legendary	2033–2091	Near-perfect, multiple 100-point scores; an instant classic of immense structure and… Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list; critic scores
2011	Single quintaVargellas Vinha Velha	Legendary	2025–2071	Primus inter pares of the VVVs, around 99 points; old-vine cuvee of breathtaking… Taylor's official VVV list; Wine Enthusiast 99 pts
2009	Vintage Port	Very good	2031–2069	Warm-year vintage declared by Taylor's; rich and approachable with firm backbone. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list; Drinks International on Fladgate 2009 declaration
2008	Single quintaQuinta de Terra Feita	Good	2022–2055	Last Terra Feita release to date; structured off-year single quinta. wineanorak 2008 single-quinta report; Taylor's Terra Feita page
2008	Single quintaQuinta de Vargellas	Very good	2022–2058	Excellent off-year; precise, structured and a fine value Vargellas. Taylor's official Quinta de Vargellas list; wineanorak 2008 single-quinta report
2007	Vintage Port	Classic	2029–2074	Elegant, fresh and harmonious; a refined yet structured declaration. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
2005	Single quintaQuinta de Terra Feita	Good	2019–2052	Single quinta from Taylor's second great estate; spicy, firm Pinhao-valley style. Taylor's official Quinta de Terra Feita page; CellarTracker
2003	Vintage Port	Classic	2025–2070	Hot-year power and grip; muscular and very long-lived. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
2000	Vintage Port	Classic	2022–2067	Excellent, finely structured millennium vintage with great purity of fruit. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1998	Single quintaQuinta de Vargellas	Good	2012–2045	Refined single-quinta release in a non-declared year. Taylor's official Quinta de Vargellas 1998 page; Winedoctor; CellarTracker
1997	Vintage Port	Classic	2019–2064	Dense and full-bodied, a serious long-keeping vintage. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1997	Single quintaVargellas Vinha Velha	Classic	2011–2050	Among the finest VVVs, ~97 points; the wine that built the cuvee's reputation. Taylor's official Vargellas Vinha Velha vintage list
1995	Single quintaQuinta de Vargellas	Very good	2009–2045	Strong undeclared year; estate single quinta showing classic Vargellas violet and slate. Taylor's official Quinta de Vargellas 1995 page
1994	Vintage Port	Legendary	2016–2074	Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 1997; profound, opulent yet structured, a modern legend. Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 1997 (100 pts); Taylor's official list
1992	Vintage Port	Classic	2014–2059	Taylor's chose 1992 over 1991 for its tricentenary; rich, concentrated and superb. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1987	Single quintaQuinta de Vargellas	Good	2001–2034	Off-year single quinta from the estate's heart; firm and characterful. Taylor's official Quinta de Vargellas 1987 page; Winedoctor; CellarTracker
1985	Vintage Port	Classic	2007–2052	Widely declared, charming yet structured; one of the best of the decade. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1983	Vintage Port	Classic	2005–2050	Powerful, tannic and built for the long haul in the classic Taylor's mould. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1982	Single quintaQuinta de Terra Feita	Good	1996–2029	Off-vintage single-quinta release (1982 not generally declared); made from the Terra… Garrafeira Nacional product listing - 1982 Taylor's Quinta de Terra Feita Vintage Porto
1980	Vintage Port	Very good	2002–2040	Often underrated; firm, classic and rewarding with patience. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1978	Single quintaQuinta de Vargellas	Good	1992–2025	Off-vintage single-quinta release (1978 not generally declared); Vargellas is Taylor's… VintagePortGifts.co.uk product listing - 1978 Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas
1977	Vintage Port	Legendary	1999–2057	Monumental, massively structured and exceptionally long-lived; a Taylor's reference… Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list; trade consensus
1975	Vintage Port	Good	1997–2030	Lighter, earlier-maturing year declared after the Carnation Revolution; pleasant but… Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1970	Vintage Port	Classic	1992–2037	Elegant and beautifully balanced general declaration; has aged superbly. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1966	Vintage Port	Very good	1988–2026	Living in the shadow of 1963 but a fine, firm, long-lived classic in its own right. Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list
1963	Vintage Port	Legendary	1985–2043	One of the greatest Ports ever made; the benchmark structured 20th-century vintage, still… Taylor's official Classic Vintage years list; universal critic consensus
1960	Vintage Port	Classic	1982–2027	Fully declared Taylor's classic vintage; lighter, well-matured style but a serious… Taylor's official site - 1900-1960 Classic Vintage Port page

How Taylor's ages

The longest-lived style — firm, tannic and slow to reveal itself. Wines of this build need roughly 22 years to open and can hold well past 55. The years below are this house’s own bottlings, grouped by the tier of the vintage — a greater year is more concentrated and stretches the window. They are fixed for each wine; whether a bottle is ready today depends on the date and is answered by the maturity tool.

Legendary · 5 wines: 1963, 1977, 1994, 2011 — windows open 1985–2033, modelled to decline from 2078–2126.
Classic · 14 wines: 1960, 1970, 1983, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 4 more — windows open 1982–2040, modelled to decline from 2059–2120.
Very good · 6 wines: 1966, 1980, 1995, 2008, 2009, 2024 — windows open 1988–2046, modelled to decline from 2054–2119.
Good · 8 wines: 1975, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2012 — windows open 1992–2026, modelled to decline from 2034–2068.

Houses that age like Taylor's

PortDB groups the 21 houses into four maturation styles. These share Taylor's’s, so their wines come round on a similar schedule.

Dow's: 38 wines, 1963–2019 — legendary in 1963, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1994, 2007, 2011.
Quinta do Noval: 7 wines, 1931–2017 — legendary in 1931, 1963, 1994, 2011.
Quinta do Vesuvio: 5 wines, 1994–2017 — legendary in 2011.
Niepoort: 4 wines, 1945–2011 — legendary in 1945.
Churchill's: 4 wines, 1985–2011.
Smith Woodhouse: 4 wines, 1977–2007.

Compare all 21 on the Port houses, see every year rated on the Port vintage chart, or read the greatest years ranked in best years for Port.

Common questions about Taylor's Port

Is Taylor's a good Port house?

By PortDB's tiers, yes. Taylor's has 4 legendary vintages and 12 classic vintages among the 33 PortDB records, across 1960–2024. Those tiers reflect critic consensus and are a matter of editorial judgement, not a measurement; which years the house declared is public record. The dataset is also not exhaustive — it holds what has been verified against primary sources, so a missing year means no verified record here, not no wine.

Which Taylor's vintage should you buy?

PortDB does not rank wines, but it does record a tier for each. The Taylor's vintages it rates legendary are 1963, 1977, 1994, 2011. Each year's page lists every house that declared it, so you can see what Taylor's was up against. They span 1963–2011, so their windows sit decades apart — “best” and “ready” are different questions, and the window on each row above answers the second one.

How long does Taylor's Vintage Port last?

Taylor's's wines are modelled on the structured maturation style, which opens around 22 years after the vintage and holds a prime to about 55, stretched by the strength of the vintage and pulled earlier for its single-quinta wines. Across the 33 wines listed above that works out at windows opening 1982–2046 and decline modelled from 2034–2126. To place a specific bottle against today's date, name the house and year in the maturity tool. These are modelled windows, not measurements: storage and bottle variation move the goalposts.