
Tawny 40 Years Port Wine - Quevedo
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Colour: golden amber with green reflections.
Taste: A complex and intense expression with notes of citrus jam, dried fruit, nutmeg, marzipan and almond blossom.
Sharp entry due to the high acidity that has built up in the barrels over the years of evaporation. The port quickly becomes very soft, balanced by its sweetness and the appearance of dried fruit, grilled nuts and caramel aromas. On the palate it develops into cloves, ground coffee and bitter almonds. The many layers of flavour build up to an explosive finish, which is taken up by notes of citrus, cinnamon and ginger and lasts a long time.
A port wine with huge potential, a great pleasure for special moments and a perfect gift for port wine lovers.
Try it with: dessert, nuts, cheese, foie gras...
The NV 40 Year Old Tawny Port, bottled in 2015, is a field blend with 135 grams per liter of residual sugar. Very fresh, very elegant and relatively young for a 40, this is only moderate in complexity for its age, a little light on those molasses overtones, if you will. However, the youth and nutty nuances are rather glorious in their own right. Alive and delicious, it has an enticingly sweet edge. There are approximately 1,000 bottles produced per year.
October 2016. The Wine Advocate 94/100
Tawny is the color of an owl that lives in the United Kingdom. Its plumage is a brown, brick-red color, and so is port that is aged in oak for some time. Therefore, we refer to tawny port as all ports that are aged in oak and develop a nutty, caramel profile through slow oxidation. Port only acquires its tawny character after some time in the barrel, i.e. it is not tawny when it is fortified with alcohol, but only after a few years of aging. This type of port varies greatly depending on how many years the port is aged in barrels. Tawny can be as young as five years and as old as a 40-year-old port.
Manufacturer: Quevedo - Quinta da Sra. do Rosário, 5130-326 S. João da Pesqueira, Portugal