N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port

[TBird]

$7.99, pours a dark brown/slightly oily black. no detectable nose. 18% but no heat. nutty butterscotch molasses and brown suger coated dates. both oily and unctuous, i find none of the raisin/prune aspects that i read about on cellar tracker.

you guys will hate it.

[Glenn E.]

Sounds like I'll enjoy it, though - a friend gave me a bottle for my last birthday and I've just been waiting for a lull in travelling to open it!

[TBird]

these are $7.99 at wine library http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=24574, just an fyi.

[JacobH]

Press Releases
93 Points - Robert Parker (Wine Advocate)
"What a sensational value! Made by Trevor Jones in partnershipo with importer Dan Philips, this is a blend averaging 46 years in age. Its light to medium ruby hue is accompanied by an extraordinary bouquet of sweet candied fruit intermixed with notions of maple syrup, earth, and hazelnuts. This gorgeous tawny delivers plenty of pleasure."

[emphasis mine]

Surely that cannot be true?

[Glenn E.]

Maybe he meant 4-6 years in age?

[JacobH]

Or perhaps it refers to the average age of the two winemakers mentioned?

[TBird]

i bought a few more of these just to have on hand(price.....ratings....blah blah blah ), but ended up with:

N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Rare Aged Port

the stores are selling both of these with the same description and rating from parker, but they are clearly different wines, no? one "rare aged" and one "old tawny"...

what is up with that?

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=24574
vs
http://www.skurnikwines.com/wines.cgi?r ... ne_id=6888

[Glenn E.]

Looks like the same label to me...

As I recall, the one I drank only said "Rage Aged Port" on the label. I suspect that the "tawny" line is an attempt to categorize it by whoever put up the listing, and not actually what the wine is called.

[TBird]

those two are the same label, i should have used better comparisons.

here is one that clearly states "tawny":
http://www.wine.com/V6/Trevor-Jones-NV- ... etail.aspx

[Glenn E.]

Hmm... very interesting! I'll keep an eye out around here and see if I can find both.

[JacobH]

One of the problems with Port or port-like wines, either produced before the IVDP or outside of Portugal, is that terms like ‟tawny” and ‟rare old” can mean absolutely anything (or nothing)!

As they are non-vintage, I suppose that ‟rare aged” could mean ageing in barrels which would make it tawny-like, so I don’t think the descriptions are mutually exclusive.