It was very clear from the cork that this was 1955 Taylor. No surprise there. At D+20mins, glorious red, 40% opaque. Nose of sweet strawberries, perhaps both under-ripe and very sweet. To taste lots of structure, red sweetness, plenty heat mid- to late-palate (‟heat to the end and possibly past it”). Universally thought very good.In the thread [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2526]Which set of bottles would you have preferred?[/url] jdaw1 wrote:3. Unique capsule with decorative circular pattern of dots. Brown glass. Capsule was to cut to show Taylor, and 19?5, the missing digit being hidden by a fold in the glass. BN+7mm.
Suffering from a particularly nasty instance of the small-portion problem.