Vanilla & caramel

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Brown Bros Tawny

Name: Brown Bros Tawny 750ml
SKU: 105719
Price: 26.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · Australia · 750ml · 13%

$26.99each

What it tastes like

An Australian fortified wine with rich caramel and dried fruit flavours. Toffee and raisin lead to a smooth finish.

Vanilla & caramel

Additional information

Wine
Style: Australia
Origin: 750ml
Size: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Brown Bros Tawny

Brown Brothers is a family winery at Milawa in north-eastern Victoria, founded in 1889 by John Francis Brown. He made his first wines in a Canadian-style barn built to withstand snow. That barn is still used today as a store for fortified wines, and the company is still owned by his descendants.

The Australian Tawny is made by the solera method. It blends wines from many vintages that have each aged in large old oak vats, and it is bottled as required. Shiraz gives richness and Grenache adds softness, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Mataro. It is 18% alcohol.

The colour is caramel treacle. Spicy fruit cake and raisins come first, then toffee, maple and spice, and aged rancio notes from blending mature and younger wines. Oak softens the sweetness and the finish is long and spicy. It is a traditional after-dinner wine: try it with flourless chocolate cake and double cream, or on its own by an open fire.