Hey Todd,
Graham's 10 year
Taylor 10 year
In that order.
Neither tastes like a "typical" tawny, even prefer these over the Dow and Cockburn's 20 year.
Cheers,
Mark
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Re: Tawny Recommendations
Disclaimer: I think this is post #3 for me, and my tasting experience where I really thought about it probably numbers between 50 and 100 tastings. But of those ...
I just returned from Porto where I made it a point to taste the 10 year old tawny wherever we went. I tried Calem, Noval, Kopke, and Taylor as well as a few more from the smaller producers. Since then I've tried Barros. Of all those, my favorite 10 year old was Calem. My wife and I both loved the aroma of this. We could just sit around and take that in. But we did drink it too. It had a lot of raisin, along with a little currant and plum flavors. I'll admit I have a thing for the raisin flavors, as I like it the right beers too, so your mileage may vary.
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I just returned from Porto where I made it a point to taste the 10 year old tawny wherever we went. I tried Calem, Noval, Kopke, and Taylor as well as a few more from the smaller producers. Since then I've tried Barros. Of all those, my favorite 10 year old was Calem. My wife and I both loved the aroma of this. We could just sit around and take that in. But we did drink it too. It had a lot of raisin, along with a little currant and plum flavors. I'll admit I have a thing for the raisin flavors, as I like it the right beers too, so your mileage may vary.
-Eric
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Re: Tawny Recommendations
I could have sworn I've tried the Calem 10 yr., but I cant find a note on it :? If you can find it in your area, give the Niepoort and Ferreira 10 year olds a try. They are 2 of my favorite tawny's.
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Re: Tawny Recommendations
[quote="Andy Velebil"
As you experienced the Otima 10 year is quite a disappointment compared to the 20 yr Otima, which is very good and worth getting.[/quote]
The Otima 10y old it´s nothing special. but the 20y old it´s much better, this of course if we make a 10y old tasting and a 20y old tasting.
As you experienced the Otima 10 year is quite a disappointment compared to the 20 yr Otima, which is very good and worth getting.[/quote]
The Otima 10y old it´s nothing special. but the 20y old it´s much better, this of course if we make a 10y old tasting and a 20y old tasting.