I picked up the same young port smell that Alex refers to - IMO this is unusually dense fruit for a simple LBV. Very dark colour. Lots of black fruit initially but a slight bitterness at the back of the tongue in a quite short finish. Not mush heat to speak of which I find unusual for Taylor. I enjoyed this very much apart from the slightly disppointing finish. A good port for the end of a hard day at work.
I did have a bit of an experiment with this bottle to see what impact the drinking temperature would have. When I first opened the bottle it had been in a cool cupboard and was at my "normal" drinking temperature of around 17-18 C. The taste experience was as described above.
I then left the bottle sitting out in the kitchen for 24 hours. The next day was unusually warm for this part of the world (24 C) and by the time evening came the wine was obviously still much warmer than the previous evening, probably 20C+ - it tasted awful
the big young fruit smell have gone and it tasted very thin and weak. I immediately put the bottle in the fridge to bring the temperature back down. After about 30 mins in the fridge the smell and taste was back to where it was the previous day. The bottle remained in the fridge for 48 hours and by the time I came back to it it was chilled below. This killed the smell but the taste was much the same as before, if only slightly delayed whilst the wine warmed up in the mouth.I would recommend trying this type of experiment to find what is best for you with various styles of port - you never know, you might be missing some great tastes and smells if you are drinking at a temperature that doesn't suit the wine.
Derek
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