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Taylors 10YO Port

Name: Taylors 10YO Port
SKU: 104133
Price: 64.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · 13%

$64.99each

What it tastes like

An aged tawny port matured in oak barrels, with dried fruit and caramel flavours and a smooth finish.

Oak
Vanilla & caramel

Additional information

Wine
Style: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Taylors 10YO Port

Taylor's was founded in 1692 in Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal by an English merchant, Job Bearsley. The house took its present name in 1838, when Joseph Taylor, John Alexander Fladgate and Morgan Yeatman formed a partnership, and it is now part of the Fladgate Partnership, which also owns Fonseca and Croft.

The 10 Year Old is a tawny Port from the Douro, a blend of Port from the Cima Corgo and Douro Superior. It is blended from Taylor's reserves of old, cask-aged Ports held in its lodges in Oporto, and matured in seasoned oak casks of about 630 litres. The 10 years is an average age for the blend. Time in wood is what turns the wine from red to amber.

It is a deep brick colour with an amber rim. The nose is ripe berries, light nuttiness, chocolate, butterscotch and fine oak, and the palate is smooth and silky with ripe fig and a long finish. It is bottled at 20 per cent.

Serve it slightly chilled, between 12 and 16 degrees. It needs no decanting. Taylor's suggests almonds, berry fruit, dark chocolate, rich blue cheese and walnuts, or on its own after a meal.