Pale tawny. Rich and complex. I can’t make out everything, but there is caramel, tea, almond and some spice, ending in homey. It also has some dry red fruit flavours that stand out when it first hits your tongue. I love it! After tasting it, I had more with a cigar. I’ve never had a port come through so clearly with a cigar. Truly incredible.
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Walkabout tasting, no detailed tasting notes. Taylor had a great display with plenty of explanation material and tasting opportunity. Nice aromatics with tobacco, nutty aromas, sweet spices. Generally I preferred the Tawny over the bottle aged version. The 20y was good (93) the 40y really a step up (95) and the 50y (95+) only marginally better than the 40y.
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WINE & SPIRITS TOP 100, SAN FRANCISCO (San Francisco, Ca.): Nose of raisin, caramel, freshly cut redwood, herb, milk chocolate, slate, plum, and allspice, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, mouth filling, smoother than the 30 Year old Tawny, not better just different, and a medium/long finish.
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Raisins, leather, cedar, walnuts. Very long finish with good acidity and complexity. Not much heat but very heady. Nice tannic bite at the end. Excellent sipper alongside chocolate.
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gorgeous stuff. colour is golden amber. intoxicating aromas of caramel, maple, sultana raisin, rosin. it's rich and perfumed on the palate, buttery but there's lightness. waves of sweetness with mild acidity tingle and flow over the tongue and hold through a long lifted finish. can a tawny get any better than this?!
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6/17/2023 - JCherniak Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pale tawny. Rich and complex. I can’t make out everything, but there is caramel, tea, almond and some spice, ending in homey. It also has some dry red fruit flavours that stand out when it first hits your tongue. I love it! After tasting it, I had more with a cigar. I’ve never had a port come through so clearly with a cigar. Truly incredible.
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5/15/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Walkabout tasting, no detailed tasting notes. Taylor had a great display with plenty of explanation material and tasting opportunity. Nice aromatics with tobacco, nutty aromas, sweet spices. Generally I preferred the Tawny over the bottle aged version. The 20y was good (93) the 40y really a step up (95) and the 50y (95+) only marginally better than the 40y.
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10/13/2022 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 96 Points
WINE & SPIRITS TOP 100, SAN FRANCISCO (San Francisco, Ca.): Nose of raisin, caramel, freshly cut redwood, herb, milk chocolate, slate, plum, and allspice, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, mouth filling, smoother than the 30 Year old Tawny, not better just different, and a medium/long finish.
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1/15/2022 - streethawk wrote:
Raisins, leather, cedar, walnuts. Very long finish with good acidity and complexity. Not much heat but very heady. Nice tannic bite at the end. Excellent sipper alongside chocolate.
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11/7/2021 - #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 97 Points
gorgeous stuff. colour is golden amber. intoxicating aromas of caramel, maple, sultana raisin, rosin. it's rich and perfumed on the palate, buttery but there's lightness. waves of sweetness with mild acidity tingle and flow over the tongue and hold through a long lifted finish. can a tawny get any better than this?!
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