Taylors 1961 Very Old Single Harvest Port

Description

Taylors 1961 Very Old Single Harvest Port is a limited edition Tawny Port which is 60 years old in 2021. It will make a superb 50th birthday or anniversary gift in 2021.

Taylors Port have one of the largest holdings of very old cask aged Ports in the Douro. These old Ports are single vintage Ports aged in seasoned oak casks, that is they are single vintage Tawny Ports (which are also known as “Colheita” Ports). Taylors first started releasing some of these older Tawny Port was limited editions when they were 50 years old in 2014 with the 1964 Vintage. 1970 was also a declared vintage for Vintage Port “proper”, not to be confused with this Tawny Port.

Taylors 1961 Very Old Single Harvest Port is made from only grapes harvested in 1961 and has spent many years quietly ageing away in oak cask in Taylor’s cellars. This long period of oak ageing gives this Port its characteristic amber / tawny colour, smooth palate, complex, mellow flavours and rich aromas of dried fruits, nutty character and caramel nuances. As this will only have been bottled recently the Port will not need decanting (it will have been filtered at bottling) and is ready to drink. It is best served slightly chilled, between 12ºC to 16ºC.

The bottle is presented in a classic frosted Taylors Port bottle, in a high quality beech wood box and there are only a very limited number of bottles available worldwide.