Lot 107
TAYLOR (FLADGATE) VERY OLD SINGLE HARVEST TAWNY PORT 1863 (1, OC) WA 98
Lot 107 Details
TAYLOR (FLADGATE) VERY OLD SINGLE HARVEST TAWNY PORT 1863 (OC)
Douro, Portugal.
The release of this 1863 came about after Taylor Fladgate acquired Weise & Krohn last year [2013]. Weise & Krohn were actually selling the 1863 in a pack that included an 1896. Taylor’s decided that the 1863 deserved its own individual bottling, thereby neatly serving as a follow-up to the successful Scion. As you might guess, luxury packaging is part of the deal and the 1863 Tawny has been issued across the world in 1,600 velvet-lined crystal decanters in maple burl veneer. Of course, this begs the question whether it should be sold as Weise & Krohn or as Taylor’s? I can see both sides of the argument, but in those days, all Port wines were sourced from dozens of growers and so perhaps whether it is Weise & Krohn or Taylor’s is a moot point. It is what it is. And what it is, is a time-defying pre-phylloxera humdinger that’ll knock your socks off. August 2014. WA 98
