2 bottles per lot
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Taylor--Vintage 1945
levels: bottom neck; missing lable and believed Taylor 45. Handwritten slip with house and vintage. House embossed wax capsule.
"Reputed from the start to be head and shoulders the best '45. A big strapping wine, totally unready in the mid-1960s, with magnificant depth and concentration in the late 1970s. Fairly consistent notes through the 1980s including plummy color, sublime bouquet, laden with fruit and alcohol. Lovely color; restrained but harmonious bouquet; sweet, perfect flavor, nutty, intense, great length, at Taylor's tercentenary tasting in 1991. (I recall much debate, the majority of tasters, including Jancis Robinson, Len Evans and Hugh Johnson, preferring the '45. I personally thought the '48 had the edge.)Then a memorable bottle at the 50th anniversary '1945 Vinatage Dinner' hosted by Sir Christopher Mallaby, at the Embassy in Paris in December 1995. I noted 'powerful, assertive, years of life, impressive but not a joy' (!). Most recently noting good color, positive fruit, length, and the Taylor backbone. Certainly good. Certainly impressive, but the '48 is finer. Last tasted March 1998 ***** Plenty of life yet. MB, Vintage Wine
2 bottles per lot
levels: bottom neck; missing lable and believed Taylor 45. Handwritten slip with house and vintage. House embossed wax capsule.
"Reputed from the start to be head and shoulders the best '45. A big strapping wine, totally unready in the mid-1960s, with magnificant depth and concentration in the late 1970s. Fairly consistent notes through the 1980s including plummy color, sublime bouquet, laden with fruit and alcohol. Lovely color; restrained but harmonious bouquet; sweet, perfect flavor, nutty, intense, great length, at Taylor's tercentenary tasting in 1991. (I recall much debate, the majority of tasters, including Jancis Robinson, Len Evans and Hugh Johnson, preferring the '45. I personally thought the '48 had the edge.)Then a memorable bottle at the 50th anniversary '1945 Vinatage Dinner' hosted by Sir Christopher Mallaby, at the Embassy in Paris in December 1995. I noted 'powerful, assertive, years of life, impressive but not a joy' (!). Most recently noting good color, positive fruit, length, and the Taylor backbone. Certainly good. Certainly impressive, but the '48 is finer. Last tasted March 1998 ***** Plenty of life yet. MB, Vintage Wine
2 bottles per lot