Community Tasting Note
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glowe8 wrote: 89 points
December 29, 2007 - Cork was gone on this one...already soaked and fell apart upon opening. Color-classic ruby with a brown rim. Lots of solids suspended even after decanting. Clarity was very good considering age and cork condition. Nose - heavy alcohol masking cherries, figs, and strawberries. Taste - this guy is HOT on the pallet..almost too hot to drink....Light fruit with figs dominant for me. Very nicely integrated flavors but really light bodied. Appears to be very well made but it is still hard to get past the alcohol. Switching to blue cheese to have along side of the Taylor to see if I can knock down some of the alcohol....wow, the BC just buries the entire port....I guess this Taylor just not up to the task...rated an 85.
Allowed 24 hours of decanting and tried again...this time we have a much better port. The cherry nose that I had on day one was now the driving flavor on the pallet. Almost like cherry cough syrup:) The alcohol is in balance now and the wine is still integrated nicely. A bit light for a vintage port still, but with the change I am moving up to an 89.
If you have one of these and open it you may want to think about drinking it 12+ hours later after it has had a chance to come to life.5,767 views