Aged Colheita ports or old tawnies to you and me are perhaps one of the best treats you can ever give your taste buds. Always produced from a single year, they have to be aged for a minimum of seven years, but it's common to find them aged up to and sometimes beyond 50 years.
Can you even imagine how that business planning meeting would go. Reet lad, we're leaving that cask for 50 years, just keep a close eye on it for your entire career and maybe leave a nice wee note for your replacement when you retire.
The only business I can think of with a longer plan is Torness with its spent nuclear waste.
The labels on these fabulous wines always carry both the vintage year and the date of bottling. Even though they don't change much once bottled, they can last for decades before you need to drink them.
Its history in a glass and what a glass with lashings of caramelised nuts, gentle vanilla spice, Christmas cake fruits and quite often a toffee like finish.
Throw in a log fire and a good book and I'm in heaven.
It's time for a sherry next week, folks.
Wiese & Krohn Colheita 2006
Ooh, this is gorgeous even by the hallowed standards of the style. A cracking nose of warm muscodao sugar with everything that reminds you of Christmas on the palate. I swear I could even detect Santa's aftershave.
Woodwinters £35
Niepoort Colheita 2004
I've never had a port from this house that's anything short of exemplary and this one continues that theme. A warm nose of plums and caramel with a palate of Christmas cake and toffee. What’s not to like?
Madefromgrapes £47.50
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