De La Rosa Tawny Port 10 Year Old 500ml
Trust your Taste
Dried apricot and fig meet honey, almond and orange peel in this ten-year-old tawny. Rich and sweet, it has a long finish with a relatively dry feel. Try it if you enjoy fortified wines with fruit, freshness and nutty depth.
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Rich fruit and rounded texture with fresh 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 generous tawny with dried fruit, honey and almonds.
It may not suit you if you prefer dry wine or dislike citrus-peel and nutty notes.
Tasting Notes
- Region Portugal
- Extras New
- Style FortifiedPort
- Type Fortified
- Grapes Tourigablend
- Body Full
Tasting Notes
- Region Portugal
- Extras New
- Style FortifiedPort
- Type Fortified
- Grapes Tourigablend
- Body Full
How this wine feels
This feels full and rounded, with gentle grip. Dried fruit fills the middle, while almond and citrus peel add detail. Freshness keeps the sweet finish from feeling heavy.
The sliders show how strongly each characteristic comes through. Higher does not mean better.
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
Quinta de la Rosa Tonel 12 ten-year-old Tawny Port.
Selected fortified wines mature in old oak pipes for an average of ten years.
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