De Bortoli Old Boys 21Yo Tawny 500ml
Trust your Taste
Raisined fruit, mocha and coffee mingle with vanilla and nutty barrel flavours in this mature tawny. It starts sweet and luscious, then finishes smoothly with a drying edge. Try it with dark chocolate or a cheese platter.
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Rounded richness balanced by developed savoury complexity favours Broad palates. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.
This suits you if you enjoy mature tawny with coffee, nuts and a drying finish.
It may not suit you if you prefer fresh fruit or dislike developed barrel-aged flavours.
Tasting Notes
- Region Australia
- Extras New
- Style FortifiedPort
- Type Fortified
- Body Full
Tasting Notes
- Region Australia
- Extras New
- Style FortifiedPort
- Type Fortified
- Body Full
How this wine feels
This feels rounded at first, then more savoury and gently drying. Fruit shares the middle with coffee and nuts, giving a layered finish rather than simple sweetness.
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How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.
The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.
The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.
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 Old Boys Tawny, blended to an average barrel age of 21 years.
Partial fermentation and fortification are followed by extended oak-cask maturation.
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