Taylor's Vargellas Vinha Velha 2011 is a legendary Single Quinta Vintage Port. PortDB models its drinking window as opening in 2025, remaining prime through 2071, and declining from 2080. That window starts with the structured maturation style assigned to Taylor's, then adjusts for the legendary vintage tier and the earlier-maturing single-quinta format.
Drinking window
Opens 2025 · prime to 2071 · declining from 2080
For this bottle, the model opens the window 14 years after the vintage and gives it a 46-year prime phase before the mature tail. Decline is modelled 69 years after the harvest.
- Producer
- Taylor's
- Vintage
- 2011
- Type
- Single Quinta Vintage Port
- Quality tier
- Style
- Structured
- Prime window
- 2025–2071
What PortDB records
Primus inter pares of the VVVs, around 99 points; old-vine cuvee of breathtaking intensity.
SourceTaylor's official VVV list; Wine Enthusiast 99 pts
The vintage tier is an editorial judgement based on critic consensus; the drinking window is PortDB’s model, not a measurement. Storage and bottle variation can move the practical window.
2011 in context
PortDB records 18 wines from 2011 and 14 houses making a general declaration. These are every other 2011 wine in the dataset, linked to its own profile where one meets the Stage 3 evidence gate and otherwise to its full record on the vintage page.
Nearby Taylor's vintages
The closest Taylor's releases by vintage year show how its structured style behaves across stronger and lighter years.