De Bortoli DBFS Tawny Port
Trust your Taste
Toffee and caramel lead this smooth tawny, with fruit and mellow barrel-aged flavours underneath. Sweet and medium-bodied, it lingers gently. Try a small glass with cheese, fruit or a caramel dessert.
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Smooth sweetness and gentle grip favour Soft palates, with moderate fruit expression. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.
This suits you if you enjoy smooth, sweet tawny with toffee and caramel.
It may not suit you if you prefer dry wines or bright, fresh-fruit flavours.
Tasting Notes
- Region Australia
- Extras New
- Style Port
Tasting Notes
- Region Australia
- Extras New
- Style Port
How this wine feels
This has a comfortable middle weight and a smoothly rounded texture. Sweet caramel shares the palate with fruit and aged barrel notes, with little drying grip.
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How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.
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Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.
How smooth and rounded the wine feels.
Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.
Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.
Behind the bottle
De Bortoli DB Family Selection Reserve Tawny.
Partial fermentation is stopped by fortification; younger parcels are blended with oak-matured tawny.
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