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Am considering doing a tasting of all the Taylor Single Harvest Tawny releases (apart from the pre-1900 ones) and a few other 50YO+ things.

The bottles are all from my cellar and will be charged at whatever they originally cost me.

Proposed line-up:

1. Taylor 50YO Golden Age (bt 2022)
2. Taylor Single Harvest 1961
3. Taylor Single Harvest 1964
4. Taylor Single Harvest 1965
5. Taylor Single Harvest 1966
6. Taylor Single Harvest 1967
7. Taylor Single Harvest 1968
8. Taylor Single Harvest 1969
9. Taylor Single Harvest 1970
10. Taylor Single Harvest 1971
11. Taylor VVO Platinum Jubilee Edition (bt 2022)
12. Taylor VVO Coronation Edition (bt 2023)

To make this viable it needs 10-12 heads. For 10, cost per head is £265; for 12, £220.
Note that my preference is for this to be 10 rather than 12...

Venue will be B&F, Red Room, Thursday 16th May 2024.

Attendees:

1. NAC (availability confirmed)
2. CPR (availability confirmed)
3. PhilW (availability confirmed)
4. MPM (availability confirmed)
5. GEAG (availability confirmed)
6. MartinC (availability confirmed)
7. AHB (availability confirmed)
8. GlennE (availability confirmed)
9. MCharlton (availability confirmed)
10. TC (availability confirmed)

Reserves:

• Axel
• Ralph

Current draft of the placemats.

I am game.

You are missing the 1863 from the line up... alas I can't offer to bring it.

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CPR 1 wrote: ↑11:50 Mon 24 Apr 2023 I am game.

You are missing the 1863 from the line up... alas I can't offer to bring it.

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Aah - so I am. Have corrected!

An excellent idea, I would certainly be up for it.

Yes please. Pretty sure I have '67.

I'm game for this but later in the year if possible?

you are missing the Taylor VVO Coronation of the list, which will be released on Monday i believe.

hadge wrote: ↑09:23 Tue 25 Apr 2023 you are missing the Taylor VVO Coronation of the list, which will be released on Monday i believe.

Yup - aware of it. It may end up being included.

I am up for this

Very interested, but unlikely to be able to attend.

Can I join in with this please .... subject to the date



Martin

Yes please. Definitely interested (subject to dates).

Glenn E. wrote: ↑04:06 Wed 26 Apr 2023 Very interested, but unlikely to be able to attend.

Glenn - if there was a date that potentially worked for you, then I'm sure we could be flexible about the timing of this. Let me know...

The comment above to Glenn applies more widely. If there are others who would like to come but can't do 2023Q4, then I'm happy for this to slide into 2024. Let me know...

It is possible that Q4 might work, but I won't know for sure until after summer.

I would be a possible for 2024 if you do push it back.

Yes please.

Please could I be added to the attendee list (MJRM). Thanks.

Thought I put myself down for this - yes please
Can pitch in a few bottles

forest26 wrote: ↑20:44 Fri 12 May 2023 Thought I put myself down for this - yes please
Can pitch in a few bottles

Added.

I would like to attend if space permitting

Since this has revived, I would love to attend if held the week that I'm in London for the Graham vertical. Those dates would be roughly May 12-16, 2024. I could probably change either end of that by +/- one day if truly necessary, most easily at the beginning. (Current plan is to fly to London on Friday, 5/10 arriving mid-day Saturday, 5/11. Probably not in good shape to taste that evening. Then plan to fly to Porto on Thursday or Friday, May 16 or 17.)

I have and could contribute the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Very Very Old Tawny Port.

I also have and could contribute the 1964 Taylor Single Harvest, but for uniformity of experience across the Single Harvests I suggest that any of them that are contributed be used to replace those in your cellar, and that all of the ones opened for the tasting be the ones that come from your cellar.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑22:33 Sat 11 Nov 2023 Since this has revived, I would love to attend...

Will sort out dates soon, but am planning that you'll be able to attend so will work around your dates.

To confirm, line-up will also include the VVO Coronation bottling.

Also, anticipation is that all the bottles will come from my cellar.

nac wrote: ↑11:46 Mon 24 Apr 2023(possibly 21st November).

Are placemats urgently needed?

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:41 Sun 19 Nov 2023

nac wrote: ↑11:46 Mon 24 Apr 2023(possibly 21st November).

Are placemats urgently needed?

Nope - going to be next May.

nac wrote: ↑23:11 Sun 19 Nov 2023

jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:41 Sun 19 Nov 2023

nac wrote: ↑11:46 Mon 24 Apr 2023(possibly 21st November).

Are placemats urgently needed?

Nope - going to be next May.

First post updated.

Will endeavour to confirm the date next week.

Subject to confirmation by B&F re room availabilty, this is going to be Thursday 16th May.

nac wrote: ↑14:33 Mon 20 Nov 2023 Subject to confirmation by B&F re room availabilty, this is going to be Thursday 16th May.

Most excellent, I look forward to it!

16th in the diary.....

And in mine

The tasting will now also include the Taylor VVO Coronation Edition. Assuming 12 attendees this means £220 per head for the wines.

I'm still awaiting confirmation of the 16th May date from B&F, but I'm assuming this is OK so could people confirm availability for this please (if you haven't already done so).

Note that this tasting will be for 12 people maximum.

Sounds great. Confirmed for the 16th.

Thank you



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Confirming.

Just to be explicit about it, I confirm for the 16th!

I am off on holiday on the 16th so cannot attend. Very jealous.

Confirmed - thanks, Neil!

Confirmed as Thursday 16th May 2024.

Draft of the placemats added to the first post.

On the placemats is written, magnanimously, “Taylor”, but perhaps fairer would have been “Krohn”.

New abbreviation? "TK" for the Single Harvest Tawnies from 1962 to 1971 that Taylor purchased from Krohn?

(only half serious)

Abbreviation reflects brand, which is how these were sold, hence correct.

Confirmed. Thx Neil.

I am unable to firmly commit to this unfortunately as I have some bookings. It is possible that I may still be able but in terms of fairness, if commitments are required now, and it is limited to 12, I should relinquish my place and demote to the reserves if possible. I think I have tasted them all on release or thereabouts and it would have been fantastic to taste them together. For what it is worth I would say the 1964 was the best for me, but that maybe biased by the fact I enjoyed my bottle over 3 nights in Sept 2015. The two nights before my wedding and the last glass of the evening of the big day… which was followed by my honeymoon in the Yeatman… good times!

nac wrote: ↑14:54 Tue 21 Nov 2023 The tasting will now also include the Taylor VVO Coronation Edition. Assuming 12 attendees this means £220 per head for the wines.

I'm still awaiting confirmation of the 16th May date from B&F, but I'm assuming this is OK so could people confirm availability for this please (if you haven't already done so).

Note that this tasting will be for 12 people maximum.

Per this post, I believe there is an error in the first post and the placemats.

VVO bottled 2022 should be the Platinum Jubilee Edition
VVO bottled 2023 should be the Coronation Edition

From everything that I have heard, they are not the same wine. Based on a couple of reviews, it sounds to me like the Coronation Edition is an older and nicer Port.

The draft of the placemats has been updated in accordance with my understanding of Glenn’s guidance. Glenn: please re-inspect and comment.

Is it just me that finds the rising tide of excitement in one, as a tasting like this in which one is going to participate comes to fruition, a considerable pleasure in its own right? Especially where the tasting is, as here, going to significantly expand the boundaries of one’s knowledge. Following as I do the Julianic code of pre-loading on water, I don’t get post-tasting triste, so it is all upside.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑17:27 Wed 22 Nov 2023

nac wrote: ↑14:54 Tue 21 Nov 2023 The tasting will now also include the Taylor VVO Coronation Edition. Assuming 12 attendees this means £220 per head for the wines.

I'm still awaiting confirmation of the 16th May date from B&F, but I'm assuming this is OK so could people confirm availability for this please (if you haven't already done so).

Note that this tasting will be for 12 people maximum.

Per this post, I believe there is an error in the first post and the placemats.

VVO bottled 2022 should be the Platinum Jubilee Edition
VVO bottled 2023 should be the Coronation Edition

From everything that I have heard, they are not the same wine. Based on a couple of reviews, it sounds to me like the Coronation Edition is an older and nicer Port.

Yes - this was an error. I'd copied the Jubilee line and forgot to change the description. Now fixed.

First post has been updated to reflect statements of availabilty for 16 May 2024.

There are a few still to respond, but please note that at this stage I won't be adding anyone to the list of attendees. The maximum for this will be 12, but ideally I'd like 10.

There will be a reserve list.

winesecretary wrote: ↑08:02 Thu 23 Nov 2023Is it just me that finds the rising tide of excitement in one, as a tasting like this in which one is going to participate comes to fruition, a considerable pleasure in its own right? Especially where the tasting is, as here, going to significantly expand the boundaries of one’s knowledge. Following as I do the Julianic code of pre-loading on water, I don’t get post-tasting triste, so it is all upside.

Posting styles: compare and contrast this to

djewesbury wrote: ↑22:52 Mon 01 Apr 2013I am quite exhilarated. Is it always this exciting in the quiet hours before a tasting? Was it like this at Scampton before 617 Squadron went out..?