Graham’s 50 Year Old Tawny
Building on more than 200 years of winemaking experience, our Aged Tawny Ports are an homage to the craftsmanship and time-honoured skills, handed down across generations, that go in to producing each bottle. The unmistakable character of our Aged Tawny Ports can be attributed to the mastery of three unique arts: the arts of cooperage, ageing and blending.
Carefully watched over by two generations of Master Blenders, Peter and Charles Symington, Graham’s 50 Year Old Tawny Port is a testament to the unparalleled craftmanship and dedication that has gone into nurturing the wines that comprise this blend.
Two of the wine’s component lots have particular significance, the first is a wine from 1969 known as ‘CAS Reserve’, originally set aside by Peter Symington to mark the birth of his son, Charles, whose initials give it its name. The second is comprised of wines from 1970 and 1973. Blended in 1982, over 50% has evaporated throughout the ensuing decades, resulting in astonishing concentration.
Reviews
Dark amber and yellow edge color. Aromas of peanut brittle, caramel, tile, peat, and toffee. Full-bodied and so dense with a nectar-like intensity with toffee and caramel. Coffee bean. Acidity keeps it alive and energetic. So aromatic. Orange toffee. Only a few hundred cases made. Drink now.
Spellbindingly uplifting on the nose, with delicate blossom, dried fruit, and butterscotch aromas, showing off the beautiful piquancy of age; gloriously rich, with a sublime, creamy mouthfeel and freshness that belies its age, leathery, spicy complexity (nutmeg, cinnamon) mid-palate, seamlessly leading to a graceful finish that seems to go on forever. This is a wine that immediately impresses you with its textural richness and focus on the palate, yet it is its overall delicacy, finesse, and perfect poise on the finish that really resonate. There can be only one mark for a wine with this provenance and caliber.