Taylor's 20 Year Old Tawny

In the glass

Aroma: spicy, jammy, nutty, orange flower

Palate: rich, concentrated, mellow finish

Taylor's signature aged tawny: a fine balance of dried-fruit concentration, mellow nuttiness and a long spiced finish, widely cited as the benchmark twenty-year style.

What it pairs with

• Walnut and fig tart
  Concentrated dried fruit and nuts echo the wood-aged register.
• Salted caramel dessert
  The tawny's butterscotch core meets a salted-caramel sweetness.
• Hard aged cheese with quince
  Marmelada and aged cheese frame the wine's candied citrus.

History

The 20 Year Old is the heart of Taylor's age-dated tawny range, long regarded as a reference point for the category.

1. 1969 — Age-dated tawny range formalised

Facts

Producer

Taylor's Port

Grapes

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao

Classification

DOC Porto

Oak

Aged on average twenty years in seasoned oak casks

ABV

20.0%

Price

EUR 45 to 65 at retail

Drinking window

0 to 5 from release

First vintage

1692

Scores

• Wine Spectator 95
• Wine Advocate 94

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