Taylors 1961 Single Harvest Port Limited Edition
£340.00
Selected for our guest wine range due its sheer brilliance and rarity. Taylor’s has substantial stocks of aging tawny Ports that were put down by previous generations and are ready to be offered. The latest of these gems is the Single Harvest 1961. The 1961 has been quietly ageing in the Taylor’s cellars and is now ready for anyone looking to celebrate 1961. Less than 3,000 bottles have been released.
5 in stock
Full description
Core of walnut brown surrounded by a broad rim of pale gold with olive highlights. Powerful nose of extraordinary complexity and opulence, revealing multiple nuances and dimensions of aroma. First to emerge is a mellow redolence of molasses, dried fig and sultana, mingling with nutty marzipan aromas. As the wine opens up, scents of cedarwood and dried tobacco leaf appear, together with subtle spicy notes of black pepper and cardamom and a fleeting fresh hint of citrus. All this is enveloped in an powerful aura of oaky vanilla aroma, the legacy of decades of ageing in cask. In the mouth the wine is dense, round and concentrated, with a thick velvety texture, quite rich and sweet on the mid palate but then lifted by a burst of fresh acidity on the finish, which is crammed with lingering flavours of butterscotch, almond, orange marmalade and dried fruit. A beautifully balanced wine, still clean and fresh in spite of its many years of maturing in wood. Take a bow, this is legendary Port!
ABV | 20% |
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Bottle size | 75cl |
Closure | Cork Stopper |
Drink from | 2020 to 2100 |
Origin | Portugal |
Producer | Taylors |
Varietal | Touriga Nacional blend |
Food match | Figs, Comte, Roquefort |
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