1955 Taylor

[jdaw1]

Monday 27^th July 2015, at The Boot & Flogger, Bring a bottle to share.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 2012 Quinta Nova Reserva (†/NO);
• 2011 Duorum (¶, from NO);
• 2010 Duorum LBV (§, from NO);
• 1948 Mackenzie (THRA);
• 1977 Fonseca (JDAW);
• 1966 Taylor (MPM);
• 1978 Quinta do Noval (AHB);
• 1955 Taylor (IDJ);
• 1970 Croft (CPR);
• Food order;
• The placemats (and the parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

T55, decanted 06:45. Red-brown, 30% opaque. String mocca bitterness, and marmalade. Sweet. Heat late-palate. Past prime, but still drinking well.

[flash_uk]

Decanted 12 hours, 25% opacity, red heart, brown-orange outer, some fine sediment. Smooth entry, some heat and slight fieriness mid palate and onwards. Red fruit in there somewhere. The fieriness should have had me guess Taylor. Instead I guessed Mz55.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Red-orange centre with a burnt orange rim; 20% opaque. Slightly oxidised on the nose with the alcohol showing but with pleasant floral elements and a hint of sweet kumquat. Lovely texture on the palate, thick and full of delicious sweet fruit but with a pleasant bite of acidity. A wonderful floral fragrance comes through on the late palate. There is some heat on the aftertaste, a touch of thin-ness and then a big, sweet, sticky strawberry jam. Rather delicious. Served blind this was guessed to be a mature Taylor - Taylor 1963. 87/100