1965 Taylor LBV

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KillerB
Taylor Quinta de Vargellas 1987
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1965 Taylor LBV

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Port is basically a red drink
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Fonseca 1966
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Re: 1965 Taylor LBV

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KillerB wrote:Cloudy, pale, tart and fruitless. Possibly past its best.
Are you describing everything that was born in 1965 or just the T1965LBV? :?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: 1965 Taylor LBV

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DRT wrote:
KillerB wrote:Cloudy, pale, tart and fruitless. Possibly past its best.
Are you describing everything that was born in 1965 or just the T1965LBV? :?
Read it whichever way you see fit.
Port is basically a red drink
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Re: 1965 Taylor LBV

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Clowdy, brownish red. Yeasty nose. Thin - very tawny with butterscotch and lots of heat. Not unpleasant, but not great. Has probably suffered from bad storage.

As the night wore on, it didn't improve. I then tasted it 48 hours later and it had completely fallen apart.

If you have one of these you should keep it. The pleasure of owning a bottle of the first commercially produced LBV in history far outweighs drinking it :roll:
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Graham’s 1948
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Re: 1965 Taylor LBV

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Filtered, bottled in 1971. Purchased at auction. Cloudy in appearance, light brown in colour. Smelling of old carpets and plastic. Morphed with an extra 30 minutes in the glass into a slightly sour honey. Swirling releases the plastic bottle stink again. Harsh attack, acidic but with honey undertones. Patience on the palate allows honey and hazelnuts but always that acidic harshness. Slight heat on swallowing, followed by a long and lovely burnt sugar finish. 78/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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