Wine Reviews

Bright and fresh in feel, with dried white peach, jasmine and praline notes streaming through, backed by light hazelnut and pecan accents on the racy finish.

Bright and fresh in feel, with dried white peach, jasmine and praline notes streaming through, backed by light hazelnut and pecan accents on the racy finish

A gentle style, with hints of praline and hazelnut mixed with lightly mulled peach and white cherry fruit. Reveals a wood spice twinge on the finish.

If the bottle of 10-year-old Tawny was odd, then the NV 20-Year-Old Tawny Port is hitting it on all cylinders. It is open, expressive, aromatic and nuanced, with clarity and precision. The back label didn’t show the bottling year, but I suspect it must have been quite recent. This wine is made from different harvests blended with an average of 20 years of aging in oak casks. It has 20% alcohol and 120 grams of residual sugar, reflecting the slightly sweeter style that is typical of Taylor’s.

Quite deep brick red hue with a thin, tawny rim. Open, welcoming creamy nose with a hint of vanilla. Full, soft and fleshy, hazelnut complexity, – by no means as delicate as some but still well-balanced with a full, spicy finish. Soft and satisfying.