ABV: 20%
Size: 75cl
Description
Sandeman Porto Tawny 10 Year Old is a vibrant and premium aged wine that exemplifies Sandeman's quality, earning 91 points from James Suckling. He praises its dried fruit, bark, and burnt orange aromas, with a medium-bodied, medium-sweet palate that features more dried fruits and an earthy finish, highlighting its fruitier style. The Wine Advocate rates it 89 points, noting its complex but light character with dark flavour overtones, caressing texture, and pleasant complexity, making it enjoyable now while also suitable for aging. Wine Enthusiast gives it 88 points, emphasizing its fine bite and the balance of wood and fruit tannins that provide a dry, fresh core. Jancis Robinson scores it 15.5 points, highlighting the balance of sugar and acidity, although noting the palate’s slightly candied fruit. This Tawny is perfect for immediate enjoyment.
*****
JAMES SUCKLING 91 points
Dried fruit, bark, and burnt orange aromas follow through to a medium body, medium-sweet palate with more dried fruits, and an earthy finish. Fruitier style. Drink now.
THE WINE ADVOCATE 89 points
Reviewed by: Mark Squires
Drink Date: 2022 - 2040
The NV 10 Years Old Tawny Porto is a typical Douro blend bottled in August 2022 with a bar-top cork (the other age-indicated Tawnies in this report came with Vinolok glass stoppers) and 110 grams of residual sugar. Dark in flavor overtones, this is a 10 Year Tawny that seems rather serious and complex but still light and friendly. It doesn't project a lot of focus or concentration, but it's reasonable enough for a 10 Year. Then, it adds caressing texture, while its complexity is better than the norm. This is very nice. It drinks great now. It should hold a couple of decades if you must hold it, but that's not the point here.
WINE ENTHUSIAST 88 points
This has a fine bite, offering its richness on the edge of a knife. Wood and fruit tannins are very evident, giving the concentration a dry, fresh core, over which dried fruit flavors pass. It has some age to it, as if there are older wines in the blend. — Roger Voss
JANCIS ROBINSON 15.5 points
Mid russet tawny. Smoky slate and minerally, opening over wood and shoe polish. Residual, dried-herb and brandy tones from the spirit. Nice balance between sugar and bright acidity does give lift. There’s more fruit on the palate than on the nose, but it is a bit candied. Moderate length. (TJ)
SUSTAINABLE FARMING.
