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We tasted some bottles of Taylor and its relatives, in The Bung Hole, on Friday 22nd March 2013.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1920 Taylor;
• 1924 Taylor;
• 1927 Taylor;
• 1935 Taylor;
• 1945 Taylor;
• 1948 Taylor;
• 1950 Taylor Special Quinta;
• 1955 Taylor;
• 1960 Taylor;
• 1963 Taylor;
• 1965 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
• 1966 Taylor;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1970 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
• 1976 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
• 1977 Taylor;
• 1980 Taylor;
• 1983 Taylor;
• 1985 Taylor;
• 1986 Taylor Quinta de Terra Feita;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

Decanted 12:30. The filter had to be switched, so sediment not photographed.

T60: brick red, 20% opaque. Not a very good bottle. rather too light and hot to be convincing, even if there was a hint of strawberry.

A light orange colour, 15% opaque. Smelly nose, some remnants of bottle stink perhaps? Certainly a touch of spearmint. Quite empty on entry; hints of the stink on the palate but little fruit, just artificial sweetner. Heat on the aftertaste, then a quick burst of cherry cough mixture; decent length of sticky sweetness. A very bland bottle. 84/100. 22-Mar-13. Decanted 4 hours.