De Bortoli Tawny Port 8 Year Old
Trust your Taste
Ripe dark fruit meets almond, chocolate and mellow barrel notes in this eight-year-old tawny. Sweet and well integrated, it carries a long, nutty finish. Try it after dinner with cheese, dried fruit or nuts.
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Ripe fruit, rounded texture and clear nutty complexity favour 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 rounded tawny with dark fruit, nuts and chocolate.
It may not suit you if you prefer dry wines or very fresh, light flavours.
Tasting Notes
- Region Australia
- Extras New
- Style FortifiedPort
- Type Fortified
- Grapes Tourigablend
- Body Full
Tasting Notes
- Region Australia
- Extras New
- Style FortifiedPort
- Type Fortified
- Grapes Tourigablend
- Body Full
How this wine feels
This feels rounded and satisfying, with gentle grip. Ripe fruit brings sweetness of flavour, while almond and chocolate give the finish a more mature character.
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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 eight-year-old Fine Tawny.
Partially fermented ripe fruit is fortified and matured in small and large oak casks.
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