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The event - Taylor Single Harvest Tawny Tasting - held 16th May 2024

Tasting notes:

• Taylor 50YO Golden Age (bt 2022)
• Taylor Single Harvest 1961
• Taylor Single Harvest 1964
• Taylor Single Harvest 1965
• Taylor Single Harvest 1966
• Taylor Single Harvest 1967
• Taylor Single Harvest 1968
• Taylor Single Harvest 1969
• Taylor Single Harvest 1970
• Taylor Single Harvest 1971
• Taylor VVO Platinum Jubilee Edition (bt 2022)
• Taylor VVO Coronation Edition (bt 2023)

Taylor’s 1964 Single Harvest Port. Bottled in 2014. The lightest of the single harvest tawnies, but still a warm amber colour. A lovely nose of quince paste and bruised peach, fruity yet sweet. The best smelling wine out of the vintages 1971-1964. Light texture on the palate, honey with a little lime and a scattering of nutmeg. From the palate there seems to be less residual sugar in this wine than in the younger wines, but also less acidity meaning the wines is lighter and less intense, more nuanced and subtle. Hints of green stems, lemon and torched honey on the very persistent finish. Really quite lovely. 91/100. Tasted 16-May-2024.

1964 TSHT. Med light tawny (the lightest of the tasting), some yellow. Lemony vinagrinho and caramel on the nose. Light in the mouth, almost ethereal. Excellent balance. Seems to have been hurt by following the 1961. Improved later in the evening, but never reached the level that I remember in fresh bottles from 10 years ago. (Has it really been that long?) 92 points.

Not as exciting as the others... merely very nice indeed. I echo Glenn's comments on the freshness issue.

30% opacity, tan orange. Fresh and open nose. Lovely soft and smooth mouthfeel, caramels, almond, honey and green apples.