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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)

Bottled 2018. Soft quince and caramel on the nose - making it sweet and attractive. Balanced on the palate and much more elegant than the 1970 Colheita tasted alongside. Orange caramel but with flashes of the bitterness of orange zest brightening the sweet palate. So persistent on the fabulous finish; really lovely until right at the end when the sweetness overpowers the acidity to get a little cloying. 90/100. Tasted 16-May-2024.

1969 TSHT. Med brown, some tawny notes. But mostly brown. A nice nose of dried fruits with some vinagrinho. Powerful palate with a slight hardness to it that earlier Ports have not had. 94 points.

Massive. Excellent persistence.

50% dark brown, tan. Sweetness on the nose, molasses. Full, rich, chewy sweetness. Molasses, pear.