Taylor’s releases 1967 single harvest

Port house Taylor’s has released the fourth wine in its series of 50 year-old limited edition tawny Ports – the 1967.

Made in the same year that The Beatles released Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Port is described as having aromas of “honeysuckle” and “marzipan” and “apricot and guava” on the palate.

Taylor’s managing director, Adrian Bridge, said: “Since we launched the first 50 year-old Single Harvest with the 1964 vintage four years ago, we’ve enjoyed strong consumer demand.

“Port is one of the few wines which can withstand the passage of time and still deliver complexity and youthful freshness half a century later. Having one of the most extensive collections of cask-aged Ports of any company, Taylor’s is in a good position to offer consumers these extraordinary Ports for years to come.”

The wine is being released in the UK through agents Mentzendorff and has a recommended retail price of £175 a bottle.

Other notable events in 1967:

Harold Wilson was Prime Minister of the UK

Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the US

Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt goes missing while swimming

The Summer of Love happened in San Francisco

The Vietnam War raged and campus protests and mass demonstrations spread

The roadside breathalyser was introduced

Milton Keynes was founded

Suharto took power in Indonesia

The QE2 liner was launched and the Queen Mary completed her last transatlantic crossing

BBC2 broadcast in colour for the first time (the Wimbledon Championships) and the first local radio station (BBC Radio Leicester) was launched

Sir Francis Chichester completed his solo round-the-world trip in Gypsy Moth IV

The Doors released their debut album

The first Super Bowl was held – the Green Bay Packers beating the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10

Apollo 1 exploded killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee

Muhammad Ali refuses military service and is stripped of his title

The England football team’s unbeaten run of 19 games is ended by Scotland in a 3-2 loss at Wembley Stadium

The first ‘spaghetti Western’ A Fistful of Dollars is released

Jim Garrison set out to solve the Kennedy assassination

The Pirates of the Caribbean ride opened at Disneyland, California

The Torrey Canyon oil spill occurred between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu

The Toronto Maple Leafs win their (so far) last Stanley Cup

The Jimi Hendrix Experience release their first album

The Six-Day War breaks out

A military dictatorship comes to power in Greece

Homosexuality is decriminalised in the UK

The BeeGees release their first album

Pink Floyd release their first album (Piper at the Gates of Dawn)

The first line-up of Fleetwood Mac at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival

Iconic television show The Prisoner is broadcast for the first time, as is Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Che Guevara is caught and executed in Bolivia

John McCain is shot down over North Vietnam and made a POW

The first heart transplant is carried out by Dr Christiaan Barnard in South Africa

The Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour and The Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties

The UK applies to be a member of the EEC and is blocked by Charles de Gaulle (again)