A pre-phylloxera tawny port with more than 150 years of cask age has been released by Taylor’s with a price-tag of £2,500 a bottle, breaking new ground for the category. Taylor’s Scion, which has been maturing in the Douro since 1855, was bought in cask by the company earlier this year, but would normally have been used in its 30- or 40-year-old tawny blends. ‘That seemed a shame,’ said Adrian Bridge, CEO of The Fladgate Partnership, owner of Taylor’s. ‘There is a very strong argument from a wine point of view why this should not be blended.