10 year old tawny Port by Dow's

[Alex K.]

Picked up as a side issue when hunting down Warre's LBVs at Asda. Came in at £5 per bottle, so I really should have picked up more than the six, but disappointment at the lack of Warre's left me in a poor frame of mind.

This one was taken up to the Lakes for a night-cap last week. Still got a third left so I'm having it with some Colston Basset Stilton and Montgomery Cheddar.

Colour is a brown tawny, almost beer-like. Nice legs and good viscosity. Citric nose with a good bit of grapefruit, nice caramel undertones. In the mouth the caramel comes through well as do orange peel and lemon, raisins in the background. Not as dry as I was expecting and very warming. Certainly worth the fiver and a pretty good tawny that I would have in front of many other 10 year olds.

Goes well with the Stilton but not so great with the sharpness of the Cheddar.

I don't do scores.

[Todd Pettinger]

Not sure if we are supposed to reply and discuss in this particular forum (feel free to delete this if that is the case Stewart - there has been discussion off and on about the rules, if any, surrounding this fourm). I picked up a 1L bottle of this in the Heathrow airport upon my return from Vienna, Austria a couple of months ago. Haven't opened it yet, but this TN makes me want to do so sooner than later.

I am trying to organize a 10 yr Tawny 'horizonal' with a few friends, but none are true port lovers and are finding it difficult to justify spending a few bucks on a bottle of tawny as their contribution... <sigh> I'm going to have to find new friends!

Todd

[Andy Velebil]

B. This is not a discussion area for TNs,

Roy stated NO discussion here...this is for TN's only