80 year old port - the newest category
Not out yet, but we’ve picked up on our radar that the IVDP will introduce a brand new aged tawny category, naming it the 80 year old tawny port.
Understanding 80 year old tawny Port
It’s actually very logical that the IVDP came up with this new category. The latest releases of Very Very old Tawny have been somewhat vague because you can’t put a date on it. Most Very Very old Tawny port’s have been aged for at least 80 years but no one really knows the blends, only the masterblender and winemaker, that have bought the barrels of old port’s.
This category therefore is more one for the customers knowing what they are buying, that in adds a new style of port wine.
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Very deep brown to light brown golden colors
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If you have the chance of tasting an 80 year old port (they don’t come cheap) then you will be in for a treat! Flavors are to be very concentrated, of wines that have an average of being stored over 80 years. The complexity these wines offer are tremendous and outway any other wine.
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It’s almost impossible to understand the grapes used in these blended aged tawny’s. The barrels bought and used for these specific wines are so old that knowing their origin in the grape is only possible through extensive laboratory research.
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These wines should better not be paired with food, but tasted only pure. The wines are too complex, and don’t need anything to add more depth.
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19-21%
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These wines rest very well in dark cellars, and after opening can still be great after 1 month. Although maybe you don’t want to take any risk and share with your friends and drink the bottle in 1 or 2 days
