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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.

Provenance of the bottle is that the bottle was acquired as lot 593 of Sotheby’s Wine Sale of 17 March 2010.

T00, red brown, 30% opaque. Early-palate bitterness, still some raspberry, soft texture, light, with a hint of Bakewell tart.

Lovely dry fruit with perfect balance, what a long finish, no heat. Just wow! Has this really been in bottle for 123 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

1900 Taylor, bottled by an unknown UK merchant. Opened at 18.30 and decanted 2 hours later. Tasted an hour after decanting. A rich red colour with an attractive core. Balanced entry with sweet fruit on the palate, gentle tannins in the sweet fruit, candied cherry. Long cherry finish. This is a really lovely, fully mature example of Taylor Port - full of sweet and surprisingly attractive candied cherry fruit. Lovely. 92/100. The first of my glasses to be emptied.