For The Love Of Port

1970 Taylor’s Vintage Port

Drank on 09 October 2008 at The Bell offline. No bricking on this youthful looking Port. A few sniffs showed delicate red fruits, marzipan and fine herbs. The palate was serious stuff, with power, restrained sweetness and a long length. There was a hint of alcohol on the finish, but this would probably have integrated with a touch ore decanting time. This complete Port was truly excellent and I was surprised when it was revealed. The 1970 Taylors is one of my favourite Ports of all time, but none of the bottles I have drunk over the past ten years have ever showed this young. Again, Derek assured me of its impeccable provenance and this explained why, so thank you! 94/100.

Mr. Stingy Scorer. :)

Roy Hersh wrote:Mr. Stingy Scorer. :)

You are too generous with some of your scores.

"You may be right, you may be crazy ... " Billy Joel

However, 1970 Taylor from solidly stored bottles ... come on.

I don't normally take people to task on scores... unless it is you or Andy (both of whom I have consumed copious quantities of Port with over the years!) and we know one another's Port palates and scoring.

Roy, I agree with you on my scoring, which I term "realistic".

The 1970 Taylors was the first Port that made me jump up and say "WOW"! That was many moons ago. This is why I have to think carefully about a score for this Port.

No question about the bottle variation on the Taylor '70 being significant. Especially with all those different UK bottlings!

Us Brits had to ensure that someone did a proper job of bottling those lovely Ports!