Graham’s 20 Year Old Tawny Port 75cl

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The nose of this remarkable Tawny Port is a harmonious marriage of flavours that have evolved and matured over two decades. Petersham Cellar was founded by Giovanni Mazzei from the Marchesi Mazzei, owner of the Castello di Fonterutoli since 1435, Tuscany and Lara Angelica Boglione from Petersham Nurseries, London. One of our responsibilities is to ensure we do not sell age-restricted products online to people who are under the minimum legal age.

Savoury and rich on the palate, without losing the grip, it’s a combination of age and finesse, finishing long and fresh. An array of flavours, from delicate fruit and raisins, to toasted toffee and chocolate, with an outstanding aftertaste. Quinta do Ataíde is also the site of a new winery, which is designed to reduce its impact on the environment. The Douro is one of the wildest, most mountainous and rugged wine regions of Portugal, cut through in deep twists. This is the optimumage for most ports aged in carefully maintained casks rather than put intobottle at an early stage, as vintage port is.Like all other Churchill’s Ports, the component wines of this Tawny Port have been vinified in traditional granite lagares (treading tanks). This is the master blender’s quest for perfection, capturing the perfect balance between young and aged port wines being matured for over 20 years in seasoned oak casks that contain 543 litres of port, only being released once they have reached perfection. Fermentation takes place in vats (lagares) at a controlled temperature until it reaches the right degree of sweetness (baum). The Douro benefited both viticulturally and socially from her various projects, and Ferreira remains blessed with a superb range of vineyard holdings from which to craft their range of full, elegant ports.

The 'twenty years' is an average age and may be a blend of several vintages and indeed previous batches of 20 year old. Today, five Symington cousins share responsibility for every aspect of the company and personally make the Graham's wines. Along with the most popular varieties, there are regional specialties, such as Hondarrabi Zuri in the Basque Country, Marmajuelo in the Canary Islands and Zalema in Andalucia.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. The additional years of ageing produce a fine balance between the rich, raisiny fruit and the nutty, honeyed finish - a taste to linger over. After dinner, 20 years Tawny is a good match with dried fruits, like figs or apricots, blue cheese, and coffee and almonds based desserts. Inviting and complex palate of dried apricot richness, caramel and nutty notes, and interesting saline hint, and date and candied fruit leading to a sumptuous long finish. As is customary with Tawny Ports, this Fonseca 20-year-old undergoes a remarkable transformation during its extended ageing period.