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On an inspection visit to my cellar, cork appeared very slightly raised, so bottle condemned to immediate consumption. On extraction, cork and wine fine, but fill level very high. Popped, decanted (quite a lot of fine sediment), poured and tasted for first impression- will be this weekend's after-dinner bottle. Still 85% opaque, red rim. Not very forthcoming on the nose at first; typically Taylor's spirity, but also weighty, quality. In the mouth it goes: gosh, that's utterly gorgeous. An explosion of fruits (not hyperbole, the sensation of sudden expansion on the wine hitting the front palate is palpable). Lots of rich red fruit on the mid palate. Long, fine, congruent fruity finish, just a brief flick of spirit right at the end. Second glass after half an hour or so of air- more garrigue and poached plums on the nose, other comments as before. This port, although comfortably placed for a fairly long life, is absolutely ravishing right now. Tasted 19/07/19

23 hours on: no change to colour or opacity. Even more herbaceous on the nose, with more poached plum and pepper. The explosion of fruit is still there early on in the palate but it has darkened, there's loganberry, blackberry, and some liquorice (of the tooth-destroying 'Bassetti stick' variety, rather than 'root' or 'allsort'). Still very, very long on the finish but with more spice and white pepper and dark chocolate. More classically 'Taylor' than it was yesterday; this is genuinely remarkable port.