1920 Taylor

[jdaw1]

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.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Taylor 1920

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Bought from Straker’s

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Damaged spauled cork

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Fabulous colour

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Purchased as part of a parcel of four identical but unknown bottles at the Straker Chadwick sale of April 2007. Identified from the branded cork, confirmed when one of the four bottles was opened at the 2007 Port Forum Christmas event.

[jdaw1]

T20, red brown, 20% opaque. Very very soft, Cointreau, white pepper spice mid palate, still lovely.

[hadge]

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.

[Alex Bridgeman]

1920 Taylor, Audouzed for 2 hours and then decanted for a further 2 hours. The first of the wines in this tasting which showed as a dark colour. A little closed on the nose but showing some gentle concentrated red fruit. A lovely balance on entry with a rich and sweet red fruit, a slight dusting of tannins. Impressive concentration of sweet and sugary red fruit. Attractive dark and fruity palate but lacking some balance and complexity you would hope for from a wine of this age. Lovely, but not as special as I would have hoped. 88/100.