10, 20, 30 40, 50 or more?
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10, 20, 30 40, 50 or more?
The bloody Red Baron was running up the score.
However, at what point does an aged Tawny become too expensive for the difference in quality?
I personally think that 20 year old tawnies provide the best value as they are affordable but are a significant leap forward from the 10 year olds from the same producers.
I have had 30 yo and 40 yo and am not as spectacularly impressed as I think that I should be for the increase in Port tokens that this involves.
Colheitas are a different matter and are sometimes cheaper than an equivalent tawny which just baffles me.
Your comments please.
However, at what point does an aged Tawny become too expensive for the difference in quality?
I personally think that 20 year old tawnies provide the best value as they are affordable but are a significant leap forward from the 10 year olds from the same producers.
I have had 30 yo and 40 yo and am not as spectacularly impressed as I think that I should be for the increase in Port tokens that this involves.
Colheitas are a different matter and are sometimes cheaper than an equivalent tawny which just baffles me.
Your comments please.
Port is basically a red drink
I don't have a huge amount of experience in this field (having only tasted a couple of hundered ) but would agree that the 10-20 year gap is the widest in terms of wowability.
Personally, I would like to see someone buck the trend and market an "Over 40 years old" with subtext confirming that the blend has an average age of 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 years.
I am sure there are lots of old Colhieta's lying around that aren't quite the dogs round things that would show much better and be more marketable if they were blended with some of their peers and a touch of young stuff added to freshen them up.
Derek
Personally, I would like to see someone buck the trend and market an "Over 40 years old" with subtext confirming that the blend has an average age of 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 years.
I am sure there are lots of old Colhieta's lying around that aren't quite the dogs round things that would show much better and be more marketable if they were blended with some of their peers and a touch of young stuff added to freshen them up.
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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I would think that the big price jumps to the next two levels are more down to the perception of the customer than the cost of production. The wines that are used to blend these older tawnies will not take up much space in the cellar and are more or less cost free to maintain. I think they just charge what the market will stand rahter than a true cost plus margin. In that respect they are similar to VP.
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I totally agree. The 20s have the best money-value-relationship, but try the Noval 40y old and forget everything else...
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...and the priciest, no? I do still taste it in my mouth every now and then.
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