Sandeman Founders Reserve
Trust your Taste
Rich red fruit gives this Reserve Port a powerful, warming character, softened by a little maturity. Sweet and intense, it balances youthful fruit with a smoother finish. Try it with strong cheese or dark chocolate desserts.
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Powerful presence with rounded, intense fruit 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 full, sweet Port with intense red fruit.
It may not suit you if you prefer light wines or subtle fruit flavours.
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 has a full, warming presence with generous fruit and clear sweetness. Some grip gives shape, while cask ageing rounds the edges. Fruit remains the main attraction.
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
Sandeman Founder's Reserve Port from the Douro.
Traditional fortified winemaking and oak-cask maturation.
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