1896 Taylor

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This was a serious vertical of seriously mature Taylor’s Port, 1878 to 1948, on Monday 13^th October 2025 at Noble Rot, Mayfair, as arranged by Alex Bridgeman of BFT fame.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1878 Taylor (AHB);
• 1884 Taylor (MSC+TC);
• 1890 Taylor (AHB);
• 1896 Taylor (MJRM);
• 1900 Taylor (AHB);
• 1908 Taylor (CEM);
• 1912 Taylor (CEM);
• 1917 Taylor (AHB);
• 1920 Taylor (AHB);
• 1924 Taylor (MJRM);
• 1927 Taylor (TC);
• 1935 Taylor (CPR);
• 1942 Taylor (MSC);
• 1945 Taylor (HTWH);
• 1948 Taylor (NAC);
• Planning and arangements;
• Placemats.

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1896 Collard of Canterbury bottling. Identified by neck tag only so has to be presumed Taylor.

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Capsule (which I have now just managed to chip post photo)

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Base of bottle (if anyone interested!)

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T1896, pale red brown, 20% opaque. Oleaginous, very present mid-palate bitterness, Cointreau orange, light, noticeably weaker at end than the T78.