Russet colour with brilliant crimson highlights and a fragrant, ripe-fruit bouquet.
Its smooth, silky texture and subtle oak nuances are balanced by a fresh acidity
and tannic ‘grip’ that culminate in a long, elegant finish. How to serve:
Chill to just below cellar temperature (about 10ºC). In summer, serve at the end
of the meal as a refreshing alternative or try as one of the few dessert wines to
match chocolateDuring the January following each vintage, Fonseca sets aside a reserve of very
concentrated, powerful vintage quality red ports, selected primarily from the firm’s
own quintas and judged according to their ageing potential. These are placed in cask
and cellared. Tawny ports of age are blended across several vintages to maintain
quality and continuity of style, and thus show an “apparent”, or average, age on the
label rather than a vintage date.
As tawny ports age, they grow lighter in colour, as they throw their deposit in
the cask rather than in the bottle. Moreover, Fonseca cellars its aged tawnies in
the Douro rather than in Vila Nova de Gaia; the considerable difference in heat
and humidity between these two areas lends Fonseca’s tawny ports of age a very
distinctive “baked” richness reminiscent of butterscotch.
This is a big oak aged wine made on the estate of the Wente family winery in San Fransisco Bay. Livermore Valley is regarded as the best place to grow gapes there due to the climate it almost ideal. This wine was aged in oak for seven months before bottling. The wine has green apple and tropical fruit aromas and flavours, balanced by subtle oak, cinnamon and vanilla from barrel aging. With a mouth filling body and balanced acidity this wine delivers a medium long refreshing finish.
Classic tawny colour with streaks
of amber. An array of aromas
are on display with dark raisined
fruits, mocha, hints of vanillin oak
and nutty aged barrel characters.
Initially luscious, nuances of mocha
and coffee have integrated over
time, barrel aged flavours in
harmony resulting in a smooth,
lingering drying finish.General Characteristics Sweet / Medium bodied.
Suggested Cuisine
Tawnys are a traditional after
dinner wine that can be savoured
with a platter of cheeses or a rich
fruit or chocolate dessert. Wine making: Fruit is allowed to stay on the vine
until very sweet and an intense
concentration of flavours has
developed. After crushing and
partial fermentation to retain some
sweetness, the wine is pressed and
then fortified with a neutral spirit
prior to maturation in small and large
format oak casks.
Cellaring: With an average age of 21 years,
Old Boys Barrel Aged Tawny can be
cellared for extended maturation in
bottle but is blended to be enjoyed
on opening at any time.