1931 Taylor

[jdaw1]

With Andy Velebil visiting from California, it would have been rude not to. So we did, in The Bung Hole, on Tuesday 8^th October 2013.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1931 Taylor Pinhão (CMAG);
• 1935 Cálem (THRA);
• 1970 Graham (DRT);
• 1970 Taylor (JDAW);
• 1970 Croft (PW);
• 1970 Martinez (AHB);
• 1970 Warre (ADV);
• 1970 Cockburn (IDJ);
• 1970 Quarles Harris (RAYC);
• 1977 Fonseca (CPR);
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

?31. The cork said just ‟PINHAO VINTAGE 1931”, but the label added ‟Taylor”. My guess, based on very little information at all, is that this is from one of Taylor’s regular suppliers, but not a Taylor.

Brown, 40% opaque. Nose horrible. Behind the nose was something: a light-weight port, with heat and raspberries.

Fascinating thank you Christopher but no longer drinking port.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Supplied by Army & Navy with a typed label reading Vintage Port Pinhao 1931 with a handwritten addition of "Taylor". Slightly cloudy, russet brown; 30% opaque. Spicy on the nose, showing cinammon and some of the alcohol, but pleasant nevertheless. Soft entry, showing some heat and some acidity - light bodied with lots of bruised apples and cinammon. Nice development and lovely layering on the palate. Big burst of hot cinammon on the aftertaste, lingering and full of root ginger; great length. Lovely, tawny and elegant - very enjoyable. 87/100.