1963 Taylor’s Vintage Port
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:12 pm
1963 Taylor’s Vintage Port (Douro, Portugal)
A Berry Brothers bottling which had ungone only 3 hours decanting. Deep red, with some spirit on the nose and dry herbs making an appearance. The palate was quite alcoholic, spicy, youthful. We could taste through the alcohol to see that this was an outstanding Port that had been under-decanted. Roy quickly asked us to pour the contents of our glasses back into the decanter, which we did without question. When we came back to this towards the end of the dinner, the magical transformation was complete. The nose was more expressive with wild cherry popping out, some rose petals and no alcohol. The palate was also far better; the first class dry dates simply giving sip after sip of effortless pleasure. This is one of the two most youthful bottles of 1963 Taylor’s I have ever tried, the other being from the fine cellar of my friend ‘Posh Tom’. Final rating – 95 points.
A Berry Brothers bottling which had ungone only 3 hours decanting. Deep red, with some spirit on the nose and dry herbs making an appearance. The palate was quite alcoholic, spicy, youthful. We could taste through the alcohol to see that this was an outstanding Port that had been under-decanted. Roy quickly asked us to pour the contents of our glasses back into the decanter, which we did without question. When we came back to this towards the end of the dinner, the magical transformation was complete. The nose was more expressive with wild cherry popping out, some rose petals and no alcohol. The palate was also far better; the first class dry dates simply giving sip after sip of effortless pleasure. This is one of the two most youthful bottles of 1963 Taylor’s I have ever tried, the other being from the fine cellar of my friend ‘Posh Tom’. Final rating – 95 points.
