Description

A blend of tawny Ports of different ages to make it an average of 30 years old, this is a wine that exhibits rich nutty, caramel, toffee, and spice flavours. The soil in the Douro Valley is made up of schist, a slate-like metamorphic rock that is poor in nutrients but has useful water retention properties. The nutrient poor soil forces the vines to lay down deep roots which in turn allow the vines to produce high quality grapes. The vines are grown on terraces cut into the steep hillsides of the Douro Valley. The terraces are walled with cut schist to prevent erosion, otherwise torrential rains would wash loose stones down the slopes and into the river. Each terrace can hold up to three rows of vines. Tawny ports are field blends, each year different quantities of the same varietals will be used to recreate the profile. Amber in colour with greenish hints. Its bouquet is particularly intense and complex, with notes of caramel, mocha, walnut and tobacco leaf, harmoniously fine-tuned over the years of careful evolution in oak. On the palate, it is very well-balanced showing a delicate structure and a sublime finish. It is produced in very limited quantities and represents the pinnacle of Offley’s age indicated Tawnies.