This is an over 80-year-old blend with amazing toffee, caramel, tangy orange and light balsamic character. Medium body, very sweet, yet there’s a freshness and lifted state that gives it length and intensity. So long and flavorful. Rum and raisin. Shows real very old tawny character. It’s like you are in the aging cellars with dirt floors and old wooden vats. Drink or hold.
Mid mahogany in colour, decades of barrel ageing have given an intense, layered impression to the nose. Beeswax, old books, dates, dried figs and incense come together on an intoxicating nose that has a real sense of its age while remaining vibrant in equal measure. Time has concentrated the flavours on the palate but also acidity, giving a tension and cut to the structure that resembles very old and fine Madeira. The tannins are imperceptible, the dried fruit, roasted nuts and syrupy viscosity taking over. It is impressive for a wine to show such a sense of age yet offer such energy and life, but here this is accomplished effortlessly. With a minutes-long finish, this falls into the realm of a wine that could be enjoyed as a digestif on its own, rather than accompanied by food. Very impressive.
