Peach, apricot stone fruits dominated nose. Creamy, textured palate due to some skin contact but balanced by some tight citrus acidity. Pleasantly intense, slightly oily on the long finish. This wine has some character and is a fine example of this classic Portuguese...
The appearance is an inviting brown but bright colour with a teal meniscus. Complex palate with barrel-driven cedar and strong cold tea flavours, on first tasting the wine. It develops into a lovely savoury mid-palate with malt, Christmas pudding, preserved fruits,...
Hints of cedar and cold tea with medicinal and malt notes. Intense and creamy mouth-filling wine. Whilst it is lusciously sweet with more malt and caramel flavours the Topaque is not as sweet as the Muscat, which might make it more drinkable. Delicious.
Pungent fruit cake, marmalade, cumquats with a touch of caramel. Luscious with a creamy, oily texture. Powerful mouth coating lashings of honey, liquid raisins, butterscotch and caramel. Classic name, classic Australian wine.
Glorious intense fruit cake, raisins and Christmas dried figs. What gets me is the balance. Yes it is sweet and intense on the palate but there is a savoury edge that balances the lusciousness. Flavours on the nose continue on the palate as well as offering treacle,...
Intense aromas of cold tea, caramel, fruitcake, sticky date pudding, raisins and sultanas. What more do you want! Wonderfully intense round, sweet and luscious (of course), silky with more of the nose (add toffee) on the palate. Beautiful long satisfying finish.
Lovely tawny colour. Raisins, Christmas cake, caramel and molasses nose. Syrupy rich and sweet with bags of nuts and caramel flavours keeps the palate going on or ever. Simply unctuous.
Inviting aromas of fruitcake, mocha, coffee and figs. Full bodied rich and intensely sweet. Abundant flavours on the palate including toffee, malt, figs, honey and licorice. Intense wine as one would expect from this world class, underrated fortified wine. Grand...
Whilst in its infancy the wine is redolent of blackcurrants, blackberries and mint. Palate is so smooth and of course full bodied with restrained sweetness. Mouth filling flavours of fruit crumble, raisins and blackcurrant preserve. Drink now but really you should...
Lovely pungent aromas of briary fruits laced with earthy, savoury notes. Palate is round well integrated and full bodied with plums, licorice, blackberry and sarsaparilla. The blend is a classic 'Port' blend of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cao and Tina...