June 18, 2022 - Offley and Ferreira Pairings (Sammamish, Washington): Bottled in 2017. Amber in color. Transparent. Light nose of red fruit. Rich flavor profile with waves of complex flavors and bright acidity all the way through the very long finish.
June 18, 2022 - Offley and Ferreira Pairings (Sammamish, Washington): Bottled in 2013. Light amber-orange in color. Transparent. Old wood mingles with vanilla and orange spice on the nose. Nice, smooth palate with rich complexity and very long, warm finish.
March 10, 2020 - Angelica wine club - Portugal (Strand Cellars, Croydon): Alcohol warmth, oxidised notes, rancio, a touch of cork taint, slight leather, figs, plenty of spice, walnuts, slightly spiritous; the brandy is a bit pokey. Off dry tending to sweetly cloying, figs, toffee, apple, the alcohol is a bit too pointy for me. This is not to my liking.
January 13, 2019 - This tawny is delicious. Colour still quite ruby with few brick tints. The nose was complex and fragrant with a strong core. The palate was more robust that many tawnies but nevertheless complex, velvety and elegant with good length. Works well with both Stilton and chocolate based dessert. Very good.
December 19, 2018 - Bottled 2017, bottle is open for 24 hours, cherry red colour, smells of raisins, almonds and a little bit of smoke, not that sweet, light body, in the mouth raisins and smoke, smooth in the mouth, not hot/spirity, in the aftertaste raisins and smoke, good length (30 sec), good 10 Year Tawny, but there are better on the market
July 19, 2018 - Tawny. Heady bouquet. A bit simple and rough around the edges - lacks the depth of a top class tawny. But still very drinkable.
December 16, 2016 - Drunk from D+8.
Tawny isn't usually my thing, but this was on special offer and I like to revisit once in a while - reasonable, but not particularly special - a bit hot, a bit sweet, a bit simple.
September 14, 2016 - Perhaps because of my success with the red at dinner or maybe just because I couldn't believe I'd spent 3 days in Portugal without a single glass of port I opted to try this on the plane home. Sadly unsuccessful. It was a bit jarring with the acidic nature of the alcohol making the wine much less approachable. Sadly not for me.
March 15, 2016 - Broadbent Vinho Verde, Port, Madeira: Medium minus concentration ruby, with slight bricking at the rim.
Rich nose with some sweet spiced oak - clove, nutmeg, freshly-sanded wood, vanilla, toast.
In the mouth, rich and sweet (porty!) with some development. This is super good. Tastes like port.
July 4, 2015 - Raisiny and sweet fruit cake nose. The palate has lovely freshness and then ripe, raisened fruit comes through with a clove and cinnamon spice. A good, distinctive tawny and €17 in Portugal so cracking value. Really enjoying this wine on my terrace in Portugal.