1963 Taylor

[jdaw1]

Monday 24th April 2023, in the Boot & Flooger, the theme having shifted from “Bring a Bottle” to a reprise of a tasting thirty years before.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1963 Taylor;
• 1963 Graham;
• 1963 Martinez;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1970 Cockburn;
• 1970 Noval;
• 1970 Dow;
• 1970 Gould Campbell;
• 1970 Unknown;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1992 Graham Malvedos;
• 2011 Fortnum & Mason (Niepoort);
• 1975 Chiltern Valley Syrah= †;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

T63. Glorious red, 40% opaque. White spice, cherries, heat. Liked.

[flash_uk]

30% opacity, mature red, orange rim. Dried cranberries, tobacco, caramel (faint). Dry, fruit drying out, some caramels and dusty cranberries.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottled in the UK by an unknown bottler. Opened at 09.00, decanted at 14.20 and tasted at 18.20. Mid-shoulder fill but with a good colour.

Bronze red colour, 30% opaque. A little oxidised on the nose, causing the alcohol to stand out quite noticeably. Menthol lights up the palate, which shows only a little fruit and a lot of brandy and fire. Hot aftertaste, with a little cinnamon and cedar on the finish. Long past its best. 83/100. Decanted 4 hours.