Name: Offley Tawny Port
Brand: Offley
SKU: OF103BNV
Price: 16.90 GBP
Availability: InStock

Offley Tawny Port

A rich Red fortified wine offering delicate ripe red fruit and nutty notes with a harmonious sweet finish

Portugal

Red,Sweet

Tinta Amarela, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão, and Touriga Franca

£16.90

Taxes included.

Offley Tawny Port Port DOC, Portugal. This Red (Tawny) Fortified Sweet wine is crafted from a blend of Tinta Amarela, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão, and Touriga Franca grapes. It undergoes oxidative ageing in oak casks, contributing to its complex character. The wine offers a delicate aroma of ripe red fruit, beautifully enhanced by nutty notes. On the palate, a fine balance of soft tannins, vibrant acidity, and natural sweetness leads to a harmonious and elegant finish. A versatile choice, it pairs wonderfully with mature and hard cheeses or as an aperitif. This wine is not certified natural, vegan, or vegetarian.

75.0CL , 19.5% ABV

Upon arrival at the winery, the hand harvested grapes were partially destemmed and gently crushed. Fermentation took place at controlled temperatures with regular pump overs and punch downs to ensure extraction of optimum levels of colour, flavour and tannin. The ferment was closely monitored to determine the ideal moment to halt the fermentation by fortifying with grape spirit, leaving some of the grapes' natural sugars. The wines remained in the Douro until the spring following the harvest when they were transported downstream to the historic Offley cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for oxidative ageing in oak casks. The Tawny Port is a carefully assembled blend of wines between two to five years of age with an average age of around four years.

A delicate aroma of ripe red fruit is beautifully enhanced by nutty notes from wood ageing. On the palate, a fine balance of soft tannins, vibrant acidity, and natural sweetness creates a harmonious and elegant finish.