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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.

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• 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.

That must've been some event!

T48, dark red, 40%. Huge, muscular, big and full, raspberries and red plum, soft, perfect texture. Just top top Port.

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

1948 Taylor, Audouzed for 2 hours and then decanted for a further 2½ hours. Dark red colour, little showing on the nose but the palate is wonderful with a rich and sweet bramble fruit shining through. The wine is deliciously ready for drinking. It is still in the early stages of secondary development and shows little of the secondary baking spice that I would expect from such a deliciously mature wine. Lovely - but there are many better wines at this tasting. 92/100.