Portal 20 year old Tawny

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mick row
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Portal 20 year old Tawny

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Hi. New to the forum.
I've a bottle of Quinta Portal 20yr tawny which was bottled in2001... been saving for a special occasion. Should I drink or save?
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Re: Portal 20 year old Tawny

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Hi Mick, welcome to FTLOP!

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That's a fairly old bottle of 20-yr old tawny, so I'd say go ahead and find a reason to drink it. Unless you have some emotional attachment to that particular bottle, it would be fairly easy to find another which you could drink later for a different special occasion. Normally you would want to drink a 20-yr old tawny within 5-8 years of bottling. They don't go bad or anything, but they do eventually start to fade once they've been in bottle for a while.
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Re: Portal 20 year old Tawny

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HI Mick and welcome to the Forum. What Glenn said!
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