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Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:37 pm
by Thomas V
Red brown, transparent colour.
Vanilla, light spirits, caramel burnt lightly. Medium body and some acidity still lingering. Clipped finish and lack secondary notes.
89 points
Re: Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:27 pm
by Andy Velebil
Do you know the bottling date of this? This has never been in the top tier of 20 year tawny's but a recent bottling showed better than any I've had in the past. Not great mind you, but better.
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Re: Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:09 am
by Thomas V
I tasted this 20YO Graham's I believe 3 times during my time in Porto & Douro this fall, but unfortunately I'm not knowledgable about the bottling dates.
Also I must admit I have never really been impressed with Graham's TWAIOA's. As you mention they are not in the top tier for me in the 20YO segment nor in any of the 3 other categories.
Re: Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:18 am
by Moses Botbol
Andy Velebil wrote:Do you know the bottling date of this? This has never been in the top tier of 20 year tawny's but a recent bottling showed better than any I've had in the past. Not great mind you, but better.
Never been a fan of any Symington Tawny outside of Dow.
I thought most of the TFP and SFE tawny's have altered their blends in last 5 or so years?
Re: Graham's 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 12:16 pm
by Thomas V
Moses Botbol wrote:Andy Velebil wrote:Do you know the bottling date of this? This has never been in the top tier of 20 year tawny's but a recent bottling showed better than any I've had in the past. Not great mind you, but better.
Never been a fan of any Symington Tawny outside of Dow.
I thought most of the TFP and SFE tawny's have altered their blends in last 5 or so years?
Funny you mention Dow's as the only exception within the SFE conglomerate. I have never really thought about Dow's in relation to TWAIOA, but I had their 30YO tawny twice on my vacation and I really enjoyed it very much. So I am in line with you on that point.