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1983 Taylor Vintage Port
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:19 pm
by Tom D.
Taylor Vintage Port Vertical (Los Angeles, California): Somewhat muted nose, showing some interesting cherry pie. Nice balance on the palate, with generic fruit and weak structure. Short. No faults, nothing disagreeable, this just didn't show much interest or personality, unlikely to improve with cellaring. I may be being a little harsh on this one. 10 hours in decanter.
(86 pts.)
Re: 1983 Taylor Vintage Port
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:21 am
by Eric Menchen
Tom D. wrote:I may be being a little harsh on this one.
Maybe just a little, but not much.
Re: 1983 Taylor Vintage Port
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:38 am
by Andy Velebil
Eric Menchen wrote:Tom D. wrote:I may be being a little harsh on this one.
Maybe just a little, but not much.
LOL, true. It has always been experience that this has never been a top notch VP by any means.
Re: 1983 Taylor Vintage Port
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:44 am
by Glenn E.
I think both horizontals (Taylor in LA, followed the next week by Fonseca in NYC) demonstrated that very well. My scores at both tastings dipped precipitously in the 1980s, with the expected notable exceptions of F85 and TV87. Actually, those served more to highlight just how mediocre the preceeding Ports were.
(It's good to be immune to TCA
)