20 Year Old Tawny Port by Sandeman

[Todd Pettinger]

Sandeman 20 Year Old Tawny Port [NV]
Helping Moses polish off a bottle of his house tawny, it was a first-time for me sampling anything by Sandeman, particularly the tawny offerings.

The colour was a light brown that resembled liquid toffee thinned with water. A smooth, beautiful caramel nose was matched by more caramel on the palate. A thin mouth-feel, certainly not as viscous as some other 20 YO tawnies, this was night and light, not overly sweet but a beautiful Port. I loved it so much I drove an hour to New Hampshire where the NH Liquor Store was selling these for $35ish/btl and brought two bottles back to Canada, where I have not seen these for offer. Wish I could have afforded to bring more back, but I had already loaded up on some VPs at a few other wine shops before hitting NH.