1966 Taylor

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TN: Taylor 1966

The Deeper Underground 1966 Horizontal, held at the Crusting Pipe, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8RD, on Monday 28 January 2008.

Links:

• Planning and arrangements: pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;
• Review of the evening as a whole;
• TN: Adam 1966;
• TN: Avery 1966;
• TN: Croft 1966;
• TN: Delaforce 1966;
• TN: Dow 1966;
• TN: Fonseca 1966;
• TN: Graham 1966;
• TN: Morgan 1966;
• TN: Noval 1966;
• TN: Noval Nacional 1966;
• TN: Offley Boa Vista 1966;
• TN: Robertson’s Rebello Valente 1966;
• TN: Taylor 1966;
• TN: Warre 1966;
• TN: Berry Brothers & Rudd 1966.

[DRT]

Purchased by Christopher Gee from Berry Brothers and Rudd in London in January 2008 specifically for this off-line.

[AHB]

Deep centre, paling on the rim. Alcohol pushing through tp give the typical Taylor minty / menthol nose. Rich stewed raisins and rose perfume with the mint. Dry entry and surprisingly tannic still. Texture a little watery in the mouth but lovely cherry and cranberry flavours. Mid-palate a little hollow but wonderful aftertaste. This will improve for quite some time to come - say 10-20 years. 5/6 or 90/100. Decanted for 4 hours and drunk on 28/1/08.

[DRT]

Another top flight bottle and no disagreement with AHB's note.

My TN says: "Dark, thick and tannic. Not ready!"

I rated this at 6th out of 14. AHB had is at 8th.

Enormous thanks are due to Christopher for his generosity in providing this bottle. You are, as always, a Gentleman, sir

[Simon Lisle]

4th best for me good stuff

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