Taylor’s Reserve Tawny Port 1L

The story begins in 1692 with the arrival in Portugal of an English merchant called Job Bearsley. He did not initially trade in Port wine but in ‘red Portugal’, the lean and austere wine of the Minho region in the north west of the country, with its verdant landscape and humid coastal climate. The centres of this trade were the harbour city of Viana do Castelo and the town of Monção on the banks of the Minho River.

Others soon followed in Peter Bearsley’s footsteps and by the time that his sons Bartholomew, Charles and Francis joined their father in Portugal, British merchants had become a familiar sight to the farmers of the Douro Valley. Competition between the British shippers for the best wines had become intense. In 1744 Bartholomew Bearsley became the first British wine shipper to buy a property in the Douro. The property, at Lugar das Lages near the old town of Régua, is still owned by the company and its purchase is commemorated in Taylor’s First Estate Reserve Port.

Since its foundation in 1692 by Job Bearsley, the company has remained independent. Now well into its fourth century, it has thrived and prospered, establishing itself as one of the world’s most respected historic wine houses. This has been achieved through the perseverance, pioneering spirit and continuity of purpose of successive generations of family involvement.

20% ABV / 1 Litre

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