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LOT 206

Lot 206

TAYLOR VINTAGE PORT 1948 (1) WA 100

TAYLOR VINTAGE PORT 1948 (1) WA 100
Lot 206 Details
TAYLOR VINTAGE PORT 1948

Douro, Portugal.
u. hs.

For the third time in one evening, a wine that I scored 100 points was poured blind and this time – perfection! This is the greatest bottle of ’48 Taylors that I have ever encountered. It has a bouquet that you want to wrap up, take home and mount on your mantelpiece. Indescribably pure scents of raspberry, leather, truffle, granite and minerals. You could pick each scent from the air. The palate is sheer perfection – you cannot envisage how a mature port could be any better. It is blessed with brilliant delineation, sensational power that is totally controlled and startling precision and tension on the finish. Heavenly. Drink now-2040. Tasted May 2012. November 2012 WA 100

1 bt.    per lot $1,300 - $1,500

Realised: $1,920
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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