TN: 1977 Taylor Vintage Port

[Al B.]

Decant: 10 hours - Pale centre, rose coloured, weak rim. Lovely toffee/marzipan nose oevr fresh cranberries but also with obvious alcohol and aniseed. Dry entry with little fruit showing - very secondary in character. More fruit starts to show in the mid-palate with some nice layers of complexity. Very hollow aftertaste initially, just nothing happens, but then a small amount of flavours start to appear and stay around for a while. I guessed that this was the Delaforce and was astonished at how weak a bottle it was when revealed to be the Taylor. 84 points