Taylor Sentinels
Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman
| Founded | 1692 |
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| Owner | Fladgate Partnership (Taylor-Fonseca Group) |
Sentinels is a brand of Taylor's. The grapes for this Vintage Port comes from Terra Feita, Junco, Casa Nova and Eira Velha. The name Sentinels was created with inspiration from the granite pillars that mark the border of the vineyards from the 1756 demarcation.
| Sentinels Vintages: | 2022, 2023 |
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| House | Sentinels Taylor | Vintage | 2022 |
| Colour | Dark ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 5 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries such as mulberries and blackberries, cherry, coffee, mint, flowers and violets in the nose. | ||
| Taste | Medium, almost full body. Very elegant taste and balanced with quite a lot of smooth tannins. Balanced with blackberries, cherry and fruit in the taste. Very long and complex, attractive finish. Will be lovely to follow! | ||
| Last tasted | 28th November 2025 | Rating this date | Impressive |
| Comment | Tasted at the Master class: 4 decades of Vintage Port with David Guimaraens at Taylor Fladgate at the Portweinmesse in Leverkusen, Germany. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sentinels Taylor | Vintage | 2023 |
| Colour | Very dark almost black in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Lots of dark berries such as dark cherry, mulberry, and blackberry in the nose. | ||
| Taste | Lovely body. Lots of tannins and will of course improve a lot but balanced and tasty with a long, complex and very tannic finish. Exciting! What will be? | ||
| Last tasted | 28th February 2026 | Rating this date | Very Impressive |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |