Taylor's 30 Year Old Tawny Porto
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This wine is from Portugal, Duriense region, Douro - Porto sub-region. Only every two or three years is a reserve of port with sufficient structure, fruit and power to age, produced from Taylor's own vineyards, laid aside to age in oak casks. Those that have reached their peak after thirty years are then blended together for balance and finesse, and to ensure consistency of quality and style. The 30 year old tawny shows incredible length with smooth butterscotch and caramel flavours.. The 30-Year Old Tawny is probably my pick of the various aged Tawnies currently sold by Taylor Fladgate.
The nose is beautiful: very pure with crushed strawberry, rose petal, quince and pressed flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with ginger and allspice on the entry, a fine line of acidity and a very harmonious, almost nutty finish that lingers in the mouth. This is what Tawny Port is all about! Tasted at the Big Fortified Tasting in London.
Intense and fragrant with scents of exotic fruit and roasted almonds, this wine's long aging in wood has given the fruit a grilled aspect, while integrating the lemony acidity into a texture of liquid silk. That acidity enhances the fiery spice, lifting the wine in an upward trajectory of flavor.. An intensely mellow tawny with evolved flavors and aromas of chocolate, butterscotch, toffee and roasted nuts, this wine is rich and voluptuous in the mouth, with a honeyed, layered texture supported by an excellent balance of acidity which carries into the lingering finish.
