Sandeman Port Tawny 40 Year Old NV 750ml

This wine confirms Sandeman’s reputation for aged tawnies. Intensely perfumed and hugely concentrated, it is a wine for contemplation and sipping. Almonds, walnuts, dried fruit and aged honey flavors all come together in this astonishing Port. Ready to drink, it is totally memorable.

The NV 40 Years Old Tawny Porto is a typical Douro blend bottled in June 2018 with a Vinolok stopper and 125 grams per liter of residual sugar. It is here, finally, in the Sandeman tawny lineup this issue that the wine feels full-bodied and seriously powerful. This rolls around the palate nicely and lingers in that classic old-tawny fashion. There is considerable grip on that flavorful finish. For all of its power and concentration, this 40 is also as lively as any of its younger siblings. While it certainly shows somewhat older, with darker flavors leaning a bit more to the molasses side of the equation, it is still bright, penetrating and focused. It is the pick of the litter of the Sandeman tawnies this issue. To be sure, there’s a steep uptick in price from the 30 to this-which might make the well-priced 30 the sweeter spot in the lineup if you want complexity-but this is easily the better wine. There were 4,800 bottles produced.

Charming version, with lilting quince, blood orange and date aromas and flavors underscored by a racy green tea note on the lengthy finish. Drink now. 400 cases made, 180 cases imported.

Lovely aromatics lead to a wine with real poise and refinement. Full of flavour, dominated by burnt sugar and dried fruit characteristic, matured carefully in wood for many years. (Silver) - DWWA 2025

Bright and lasting, this wine’s flavors of yellow plums and nectarines hold fresh against the mature tones of leather, smoke and spice. One taster described the aged character of its peachy fruit as parallel to an old Scotch. This offers lovely delicacy and finesse, a gentle pleasure for late-night sipping.

An intense, deeply flavoured Porto Tawny 40 Years Old, with a massive bouquet suggesting vanilla, oak and honey, and a mouthful of very complex flavours of dried fruits, spices, and nuts. As the wine unfolds smoothly and develops in the mouth, one discovers a superb balance of wood ageing and vibrancy, characteristic of Sandeman Tawny Portos.