1863 Taylor (Fladgate) Very Old Single Harvest Port Limited Edition
Community Tasting Note
Timbalimba wrote:
Saturday, November 22, 2014 - Taylor's Port: Bottled from cask, on demand. Surprisingly deep colour, like Oloroso but finer, with layers of amber and gold, and a tint of blueish green at the rim that I've never seen in a wine before. Profound nose: strong, strong. Smoke, nail varnish, dried apricot, bergamot oil. From the nose alone I can sense the soaring acidity: there's such a bite to the bouquet, such smoking mineral intensity. Great attack, fierce acidity, some tannin too, orange zest, walnuts, oak, and a wave of other exotic aromas. The finish is incredible. And it gets better in the glass, by the minute. I wish I had an entire bottle of this to myself because it is building a crescendo here. I check back to the Colheita 1965 and that wine feels ridiculously young now. I cannot see anything missing or anything I'd like to take away. This is a perfect wine.
As with all great wine experiences there's an element of surprise involved. I just couldn't believe the power and self confidence on display here: the wine just completely swept away everything else. And the increasing intensity… almost frightening, like waking up some primordial beast. I suppose this is indestructible but it was a privilege to try it now. Getting to know it, I can only say that a profound sense of reverence came upon me.
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Comment posted by Papies:
11/23/2014 11:01:00 AM - Wow
Comment posted by Timbalimba:
12/15/2014 11:23:00 AM - Yes, that's a pretty concise and accurate description... Wow. It just floored me.
Comment posted by Papies:
12/15/2014 2:11:00 PM - :)
Comment posted by tommil45:
12/27/2014 3:30:00 PM - Wow,wow,wow. Just tasted ours. Incredible, never have had anything like this before. 100 seems low for this incredible tawny.
Comment posted by Timbalimba:
1/1/2015 1:09:00 PM - Yes, in the scheme of things it looks pretty ridiculuous when certain well-known wine critics award 100 points to wines that need maybe 20 years to peak, and then this beauty shows what serious ageing and prephylloxera vines means for real quality. I agree, maybe the scale is too narrow, a hundred points feels almost petty. This takes the cake. And the wrapping too.
Comment posted by tommil45:
1/2/2015 7:08:00 AM - You are spot on. Had again on new years day, and continues to blow my mind, and taste buds. Do not know what to do once it is gone. Luck on my side I was able aquire 2 bottles. Going to lock the second one up for quite a while.
Comment posted by Timbalimba:
1/2/2015 8:51:00 AM - Well, hide it man, treasure it. When the other boys are drinking Screaming Eagle you can say "we'll see what it's like, in a 150 years' time" with a smug smile.