2015 Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Trophy Winner
A magnificent and finely-balanced tawny of outstanding richness and complexity.
Excellent with soft cheeses such as brie, and a superb dessert wine, particularly with dishes made with coffee or almonds.
PAIRING – Excellent accompaniment to many desserts. It combines well with flavours of figs, almonds and caramel, can be enjoyed with walnuts or dried fruit.
STYLE – Rich and Mellow
PRODUCER – Taylor’s is one of the oldest of the founding Port houses. It is dedicated entirely to the production of Port wine and in particular to its finest styles.
Graham’s greatest vineyard is the company’s famed Quinta dos malvedos
It is acknowledged to be one of the Upper Douro’s finest vineyards
Gorgeous bouquet redolent of chocolate, mint and spice
Deep ruby in colour, it has a potent nose of concentrated fruit, crammed with blackcurrant, plum and liquorice flavours
Its luscious texture is supported by a firm tannic structure giving the wine restrained elegance for which Taylor’s Ports are famous
Wonderful mouth feel and long finish
Product 1: Taylor’s 10 Year Old Tawny is a superb example of the aged tawny style. Mellow and elegant, combining delicate wood notes with rich aromas of mature fruit, it is bottled for immediate drinking
Product 1: A glass of chilled 10 Year Old makes a delicious aperitif, but is equally good matched to a hard, nutty cheese or a pudding such as apple pie, tarte tatin, baked figs, orange tart, caramel tart, or cooked strawberries with pepper
Product 1: Taylor’s 10 Year Old Tawny is delicious served lightly chilled at the end of the meal
Product 1: Deep youthful ruby colour wine
Product 1: Intense rich fruity nose crammed with pure blackberry, cassis, cherry and plum aromas interwoven with notes of spice
Product 1: The palate full bodied and round with a smooth velvety texture balanced by firm mouth filling tannins
Ripe tropical fruits of melon and mango with herbaceous aromas of grass, capsicum and asparagus
This is a full-flavoured wine with the classic characters of passionfruit, cut grass and hints of peach
These great varietal flavours are perfectly balanced with a clean and crisp feel and a zestylime finish
The information below applies to each unit in the pack
Vibrant ruby hues gleam out of the glass, The first notes on the nose are of crushed blueberries which then develop on to reveal an intriguing bitter-sweet character of crème de cassis with a touch of underlying parma violets
Fine red-fruits fill the mouth; cranberries and a touch of cocoa nib on the lifted finish
WINERY: Neil Ellis has been making wine for over 40 years and is known as one of the pioneers of the South African Wine Industry; today, the experience and knowledge of the past are applied to optimum techniques and technologies for other generation of winemaking
TASTE: Vibrant, deep cherry red in colour; the nose shows complex aromas of dark fruit and a bouquet of dried herbs; the palate isintense yet fresh and complex
STYLE: The Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot blend is Bordeaux-style red blend sourced from multiple sites around Stellenbosch; known for producing outstanding quality in both varieties, the Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot honours the timeless tradition of blending different varieties from different sites in order to produce wine
A CROSSROADS OF CULTURE: A true crossroads of Mediterranean culture, Principi di Butera is an estate full of history and tradition and after years of effort, the estate has been restored to its original splendour to produce extraordinary wines
IDEAL FOR VINES: Principi di Butera covers 320 hectares with 170 planted with vines. The vineyards, nurtured with a coastal breeze, enjoy idyllic conditions for growing a variety of grapes including Syrah grapes, used to create wines filled with sunshine
BUTIRA: A full-bodied red wine made from 100% Syrah (Shiraz) grapes. The must undergoes temperature-controlled fermentation of 28–30 °C for around 8 days before it is aged for 12 months in Slavonian barrels, after which it is further aged in bottles