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Picture of ports. The glasses off the placemat, large glass on very back right is the barolo and port glass on very right is the sweet wine.

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Yes i did put my 1945 in a large glass as we were one glass short, due to the sweet wine.

hadge

After a 2 hour decant this needed a little long to get to peak but happy with decant time. Great rich red fruit with power, great balance, long finish. Very enjoyable port. Outstanding. 1 point

hadge

After a 2 hour decant this needed a little long to get to peak but happy with decant time. Great rich red fruit with power, great balance, long finish. Very enjoyable port. Outstanding. 1 point

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Sadly, this was faulty, took a sip of this and it was very dirty. N/A

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the 2 hours decant seemed to be perfect for this. wonderful rich red fruit with power, perfect balance, fantastic long finish. This was a wow port, a complete joy to drink. Truly outstanding. 2 points

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At the start had a little heat this took around half an hour to disappear. Good rich red fruit, great balance, mid to long finish. Just lacked a little power to make it a great. Excellent to outstanding. Hon Mention

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Good rich red fruit, great balance, a touch of tannins (for a short time), mid to long finish. Just preferred to the 1920. Excellent

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Lovely rich red fruit with good balance and a mid length finish, just didn’t have the staying power in the finish for that next step. Lovely drinking. Excellent.

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Red old fruit, good balance but a little bit of bitterness in the short finish. Good

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Rich red fruit, lovely balance, great long finish. This was a change in style with a touch of sweetness coming in, more red fruit showing. Classical modern Taylor in style Got better and better as the evening went on. Excellent to outstanding. Hon Mention

hadge

Took 30mins to open up and lose the heat. Then had lovely fruit with good balance, mid length finish, very enjoyable, Excellent.

hadge

Lovely dry fruit with perfect balance, what a long finish, no heat. Just wow! Is this really been in bottle for 113 years. No sweetness, dry style again. What really surprised me was how long this lasted a good 2 hours. A complete joy to drink. Outstanding 2 points

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Got heat overpowering whatever fruit was left. This heat never went away. It was just a little odd. Average

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Had dry old fruit, not really balanced, there was a bit of bitterness in the finish. This was just old, past it best and was no longer interesting. Did not get better with time but didn’t fall away quickly. No faults for me, just too old. Average

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The cork had broken in half at some point, general view was most likely on the travel up or when tonging. The bottle had very thick glass, once the cork was pushed out there was nothing on it. This was a very odd port for me, darker in colour to the rest of the 19th century ports, I high hopes on fi...

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Needed 30 mins in the glass to really open up, lovely dry old fruit, good balance with a mid length finish. This did not have the sweetness of that you normal expect from modern Taylor’s it was a little more like Dow’s. a complete wine, very good, just a little too old for me, to make it excellent. ...

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After a challenging journey into town, I arrived at the Noble Rot in Mayfair, the venue for big question of is this the Swankiest Port Tasting Ever by The Port Forum Taylor 1878 to 1948? The private room is downstairs and has a great little decanting area in it. When I arrived downstairs to see the ...

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I like blind, therefore I will go and look for an unknown bottle!

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Mike thank you for your points on this. I would have had only a couple of changes, overall i think that you nailed it. Timings on the day and Flighting I would do 3 flights and do the flights in the otherway around, starting with flight 3 and finishing with 1. it would have given more time for tasti...

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I believe that this is the current format, 6.00pm aperitifs; order starters from the a la carte menu 6.30pm starters 7.00pm suckling pig main course 7.45pm dessert 8.00pm table cleared and laid out for tasting of 12 vintages of Taylor VP (currently 1948-1900). 96 glasses have been ordered in so we c...

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Very sadly this is at the wrong time of year for me for a special trip to Austria.

This looks an amazing tasting, with a couple of things that I have never had. have a great time. If you do another one please do let us know.

hadge

flash_uk wrote: ↑07:34 Mon 29 Sep 2025 Someone has devoted ~ > 40 hours of effort over the past months to prepare for this tasting.

well done and huge thank you to both of you for all of your hard work in pulling this together! I'm very excited by this tasting!

hadge

it will need Phil to start the meeting i would think

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please send me the link, hoping to join

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I guess that the Palace is aware of who doesn’t drink, whether for reasons religious or otherwise, and lessens the likelihood of offence by not pouring. But that’s only a guess. I wonder how large the wine cellar is at Windsor Castle or if they bring in wine per major event. from my understanding t...

hadge · Re: Taylor Vertical - Post WW2 - 28 October 2025 I guess Philippines

I guess Philippines

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Any guesses on how they're finding market valuations? From Seckford's site, Market Price Guide If available, this guide valuation shows the best listed price for a wine in the secondary market. To calculate it, Liv-ex, a global trade fine wine exchange, look at list prices from a large group of tru...

hadge

sound like a fun couple of evenings.

out of interest, how long did you decant these for?

1. 1955 Cockburn VP
2. 1985 Graham's VP
3. 1985 Fonseca VP

hadge

very sadly i can't make this, as i enjoyed it before.

hadge

I'm having to step back from this fun evening. enjoy.

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Yes please

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Apologies - I'm going to have to drop out of this tasting, our trip away at half term has now been moved to this week rather than the week before as planned.

all enjoy.

hadge

yes please, depending on date, i'm sure that i will have something that fits the final line up. the other way to do this is, people send the host their top 3 wines from the 90's and then host advise what you bring from that list. we could do this blind then? i think that my post above was miss for ...

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@ hadge - in the same way that Doctors are getting younger and younger, school half term is getting earlier and earlier… @ Glenn_E - I will keep you as first reserve. @ NigelM - you’re in. with Easter being a the beginning of April, it an early half term this year. due to them breaking up so early ...

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Interesting Ian but there is some 97's that I think are wonderful and would give the 94s a run for the money or be better. That is why I came up with my idea. I would love to hear your thoughts on which, as they are very affordable at auction at the moment, and I'd like to acquire a broader range. ...

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I have reviewed the date of this and I'm not sure if i will be able to make it as it is the middle of half term for me. We might be away, plans haven't been confirmed yet but will be shortly. therefore the fairest thing to do is for me to drop out and then if we don't go away I can join the reserves.

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jdaw1 wrote: ↑20:58 Fri 25 Jul 2025
hadge wrote: ↑19:34 Fri 25 Jul 2025Mike there is always room for the 3 extra bottles.
On the Hay coat of arms, the family motto: Semper est locus tribus ampullis additis.

Very good Julian, I will have to ask Lord Lyon if we can change the motto from "Serva Jugum" to "Semper est locus tribus ampullis additis"

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Interesting Ian but there is some 97's that I think are wonderful and would give the 94s a run for the money or be better.

That is why I came up with my idea.

hadge

Mike there is always room for the 3 extra bottles.

hadge

yes please, depending on date, i'm sure that i will have something that fits the final line up.

the other way to do this is, people send the host their top 3 wines from the 90's and then host advise what you bring from that list. we could do this blind then?

hadge

yes please. will check when back.

hadge · Re: Taylor Vertical - Post WW2 - 28 October 2025 I have the 75 if needed

I have the 75 if needed

hadge

Please can i have:

Lunch:
Smoked Salmon
Lemon and Herb Chicken Schnitzel, + Buttered New Potatoes + Honey Roasted Carrots
British Cheese Plate (No Silton please)

Dinner
No Starter
Davy’s Kentish Bangers and Mash
Lemon Tart

thanks

hadge

some good looking labels

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the scoresheet

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Link to planning of the event Thursday 8th May - VE Day 80th Anniversary Tasting of 1945s The 1945 dinner review I arrived armed with bottles, decanters (carafes for Julian) and decanting kit at the Boot and Flogger for this extremely exciting line up of 1945, with a little work we had managed to ge...

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Please can mine be updated with the change in menu.

Smoked Salmon (no Chilli!)
Chicken schnitzel, New Potatoes, Carrots
Lemon Tart

thanks

hadge

My current plan is, I'm aiming to get to the B&F around 5:30pm. i will be bringing 6 decanters/carafes (all similar Riedel) with all of the decanting kit, plus the 5 or 6 bottles for the event. I was going to open all of the bottles straight away and then start the decanting around 6:15pm. This ...

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very sadly can't make this. as this was my christening year (still have a case of T85 given to me), it would have been fun to attended. enjoy and i look forward to seeing the scores and notes.

hadge

there seems to be a little bit of change to the menu and the Smoked Salmon now has Chili with it. Ham Hock Terrine If someone wants to share a Chateaubriand (crispy on the outisde, M-R) or Lemon and Herb Chicken Schnitzel (no Roasted peppers), if possible NO skin on fries Honey Roasted Carrots Lemon...

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