What to eat with a tawny?

[Alan C.]

Kress,
Being semi-serious for a minute, whilst researching a few Port facts, I came across this

The Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (IVDP, formerly IVP) has published an extensive list of combinations. We have made the following selection:

White Port:
Canapé with capers.
Canapé with salmon caviar.
Canapé with pink shrimps.
Canapé with smoked salmon.
Filled green and black olives.
Different nuts.
Ruby / Reserve:
Canapé different cheeses.
Red wild fruit tart.
Fresh fruits salade with Port.
Aged Tawny / Colheita:
Dried plums, apricots and apples.
Goose livre pâté.
Pork pâté.
Dates fold round with bacon.
Dried figs.
Currants and raisins.
Nuts cake with sugared fruits.
Pie with caramelized apple slices.
Sorbet ice of almonds and caramel.
Gouda cheese with quince marmalade.
Frisian clove cheese.
LBV / Vintage:
Chocolate cake.
Strawberries sealed with chocolate.
Stilton, Roquefort.

Wish I was that cultured. My version is shorter, it consists of:
Most Things!!!
Alan.

[Leo K.]

Kress,
Being semi-serious for a minute, whilst researching a few Port facts, I came across this

The Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (IVDP, formerly IVP) has published an extensive list of combinations. We have made the following selection:

White Port:
Canapé with capers.
Canapé with salmon caviar.
Canapé with pink shrimps.
Canapé with smoked salmon.
Filled green and black olives.
Different nuts.
Ruby / Reserve:
Canapé different cheeses.
Red wild fruit tart.
Fresh fruits salade with Port.
Aged Tawny / Colheita:
Dried plums, apricots and apples.
Goose livre pâté.
Pork pâté.
Dates fold round with bacon.
Dried figs.
Currants and raisins.
Nuts cake with sugared fruits.
Pie with caramelized apple slices.
Sorbet ice of almonds and caramel.
Gouda cheese with quince marmalade.
Frisian clove cheese.
LBV / Vintage:
Chocolate cake.
Strawberries sealed with chocolate.
Stilton, Roquefort.

Wish I was that cultured. My version is shorter, it consists of:
Most Things!!!
Alan.

Thank you!

Kress

[Leo K.]

If you want something to go perfectly with your glass of Graham's 20 yr old Tawny I would have no hesitation but to advise you to have another glass of 20 yrd old Tawny from another shipper so that you can compare the 2 side by side 8)

Don't listen to Alex - he would drink Croft 55 with a Big Mac & Fries

Derek

I've compared it against Delaforce Curious and Ancient 20 Year Old. It was quite close, but the Delaforce had a small whiff of tannin. This fact made Graham the winner.

[Leo K.]

If you want something to go perfectly with your glass of Graham's 20 yr old Tawny I would have no hesitation but to advise you to have another glass of 20 yrd old Tawny from another shipper so that you can compare the 2 side by side 8)

Don't listen to Alex - he would drink Croft 55 with a Big Mac & Fries

Derek

I've compared it against Delaforce Curious and Ancient 20 Year Old. It was quite close, but the Delaforce had a small whiff of tannin. This fact made Graham the winner.

sorry double post

[Roy Hersh]

Any new opinions on this topic?

[Miguel Simoes]

Back in Sep was looking to finish a bottle of Ferreira 20 Yr and had some slightly chilled w a roasted chicken dish. Actually worked really well. The chicken wasn't overly seasoned, they balanced each other.

[Daniel Jewesbury]

Kress,
Being semi-serious for a minute, whilst researching a few Port facts, I came across this

The Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (IVDP, formerly IVP) has published an extensive list of combinations. […]
Aged Tawny / Colheita:
Dried plums, apricots and apples.
Goose livre pâté.
Pork pâté.

How interesting to come across this old thread. Derek T. can testify that a few slices of homemade, traditional English raised pork pie go fantastically with tawnies, colheitas, VPs, ruby reserves and just about anything else you might find in your glass…