Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
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- SushiNorth
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Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
Awful awful awful australian port. I think they intentionally madeirized it because the stuff was closer to cream sherry than it was to port. This was caramel candy, with heat. Nothing further to say about this failed $16 experiment.
- mosesbotbol
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Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
wow, this isn't good. i just bought a bunch of them. the WS 94 points and $10.99 price tag was just too tempting.
you've got a friend in cheeses
Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
you've got a sweet tooth you may like it better.
I personally find the sweetness unbalancing. It's like aspartame sweet
I personally find the sweetness unbalancing. It's like aspartame sweet
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- mosesbotbol
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Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
Just awful stuff...
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Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
i am prepared for the flaming , but i finally had a bottle of this and found it far from awful. it shouldn't be labeled "port", perhaps simply "dessert wine" would apply, but i noticed absolutely no heat on it's 18%, and found alot of fruit in there. from carmely dates/figs to cherried almonds. it had a nice light red/slightly brown color. about it's only fault (and it's a BIG one) was the saccharin/artificial sweetner aftertaste. where does that come from?
i'm not gonna sit down with another whole bottle(plus a bottle of tempranillo ) again, but will easily serve it at a party where not everyone knows(or cares) about wine/port and i guarantee it'll be a hit.
flame on...
i'm not gonna sit down with another whole bottle(plus a bottle of tempranillo ) again, but will easily serve it at a party where not everyone knows(or cares) about wine/port and i guarantee it'll be a hit.
flame on...
you've got a friend in cheeses
Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
it's that artificial sweetner taste that REALLy gets to me. artificial sweetner/aspartame. I like a real tawny port to regular Coke to the aussie tawnies as diet pepsi. Coke's got a fuller body, spicier, richer vanilla, and diet pepsi, while too has pretty good tastes, gets boggled down by that fake sugar sensation when you drink too much.TBird wrote:i am prepared for the flaming , but i finally had a bottle of this and found it far from awful. it shouldn't be labeled "port", perhaps simply "dessert wine" would apply, but i noticed absolutely no heat on it's 18%, and found alot of fruit in there. from carmely dates/figs to cherried almonds. it had a nice light red/slightly brown color. about it's only fault (and it's a BIG one) was the saccharin/artificial sweetner aftertaste. where does that come from?
i'm not gonna sit down with another whole bottle(plus a bottle of tempranillo ) again, but will easily serve it at a party where not everyone knows(or cares) about wine/port and i guarantee it'll be a hit.
flame on...
But they do have a place in my cellar and like you said, I too serve it at parties where not everyone knows (or cares) about port. If they're going to call it robitussin, I'd rather they say it to this then the real stuff =)
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- Alex Bridgeman
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Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
You won't get flamed here It's always interesting to see a contrary view. I've never tried any of these "ports" so it has been useful to see both sides of the coin.TBird wrote:i am prepared for the flaming , but i finally had a bottle of this and found it far from awful. it shouldn't be labeled "port", perhaps simply "dessert wine" would apply, but i noticed absolutely no heat on it's 18%, and found alot of fruit in there. from carmely dates/figs to cherried almonds. it had a nice light red/slightly brown color. about it's only fault (and it's a BIG one) was the saccharin/artificial sweetner aftertaste. where does that come from?
i'm not gonna sit down with another whole bottle(plus a bottle of tempranillo ) again, but will easily serve it at a party where not everyone knows(or cares) about wine/port and i guarantee it'll be a hit.
flame on...
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port
That's pretty much my opinion of that style of wine also. I have yet to find an Aussie product that even comes close to Port, but several of them are pretty darn good dessert wines.TBird wrote:i am prepared for the flaming , but i finally had a bottle of this and found it far from awful. it shouldn't be labeled "port", perhaps simply "dessert wine" would apply, but i noticed absolutely no heat on it's 18%, and found alot of fruit in there. from carmely dates/figs to cherried almonds. it had a nice light red/slightly brown color. about it's only fault (and it's a BIG one) was the saccharin/artificial sweetner aftertaste. where does that come from?
The artificial sweetener taste would kill this particular one for me, though, as I'm mildly allergic to Nutrasweet (aspartame). That makes me rather sensitive to the taste, so I doubt I could drink anything with that kind of an aftertaste.
Glenn Elliott