Description The result of several vintages carefully cellared by the Vasques de Carvalho family this tawny is aged in small barrels to maximise the wood contact. It has a deep amber colour with orange notes. Aromas of caramelized oranges, Bourbon vanilla, toasted almonds, spices and apricot jam, forming a complex and elegant bouquet. On the palate it is full-bodied, unctuous, velvety and elegant. Despite its age, it’s still fruity with good acidity, and notes of vanilla and toasted almonds. Awards . Silver medal International Wine Challenge 2016; . Gold medal Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2015; . Bronze medal Decanter World Wine Awards 2015. “Wines in this blend are between 12 and 25 years old, the extra decade or so in barrel not altering the colour too much, but adding to the firm, burnished, walnutty, cinnamon-stick aromatics. There’s deep Seville orange fruitiness too, but the aromas are polished and dark. On the palate the 138g/l residual sugar makes its sweet presence felt, but there is so much incisive citrussy fruit still, and those inter-weaving complex layers of nuttiness and old polished wood as well as acidity. A darker, more intense style than the 10-year-old.” Tom Cannavan – 92 points
