'Fortified' wines have a distilled spirit (normally brandy) added either during or after fermentation. Originally fortifying wines was a way of preserving them, but distinct styles like Sherry (Jerez), Madeira, Manzanilla, Vermouth and Port developed into popular and rather sophisticated drinks.
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Tawny lovers have known about the quality of Galway Pipe for decades and with an average age of twelve years that gives this iconic tawny luscious flavours of fruitcake and raisin, it’s balanced nicely by nutty rancio characteristics
$46.95
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This classic Rutherglen is made in the traditional manner using a range of different oak barrels. Each wine is aged as a single vintage and vineyard parcel until blending. The resulting wine is unctuous and rich, yet zesty and balanced.
$28.95
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Great Grandfather Rare Tawny is sourced from stage six of the ‘Grandfather Solera’ and individual batches of maturing Grandfather that are identified as having exceptional quality. These components are further aged before being blended and introduced into the ‘Great Grandfather Solera’.
$211.95
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Deep tawny with a distinctive yellow-green edge characteristic of extended wood maturation. Intense raisin fruits, fruitcake, liquorice, roasted walnuts all integrated together seamlessly with a freshness contradicting age. Classical Penfolds fruitcake, liquorice and vanillin oak flavours with a sweet full and round mid-palate, and a finish that persists on and on.
$109.95
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This wine is a small contribution to the Barossa's great tradition of producing outstanding aged fortified wines. The many years Rockford allow the wine to age in small oak casks encourages the flavours to slowly concentrate and develop into a rich and luscious traditional Barossa Tawny. This blend has an average age of about fifteen years.
$64.95
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This fine mature tawny is made from the Barossa’s traditional tawny varieties, Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz, and has been blended to an average age of a 10-year-old wine.
$37.95
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Deep toffee with golden hues. Complex mocha and aged rancio notes on the nose. Luscious with complex nut and aged rancio flavours and firm drying finish.
$52.95
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Juicy as hell with no brandy burn like some of its lesser quality compatriates. A nice sipper best tried with chocolate mousse with summer berries in the mix.
$25.95
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The Father Grand Tawny Port is a superb blend of tawny ingredients, matured in oak barrels for a guaranteed minimum average of 10 years.
It has an exceptional balance of oak and fruit, lingering on the palate before a clean, tight finish.
$45.95
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