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N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 20:40 Sat 27 Sep 2008
by 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.
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 20:17 Mon 29 Sep 2008
by 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!
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 15:46 Tue 30 Sep 2008
by TBird
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 21:28 Thu 02 Oct 2008
by JacobH
WineLibrary wrote:
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?
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 16:09 Fri 03 Oct 2008
by Glenn E.
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 21:58 Fri 03 Oct 2008
by JacobH
Or perhaps it refers to the average age of the two winemakers mentioned?
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 20:06 Fri 19 Dec 2008
by 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
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 21:22 Fri 19 Dec 2008
by 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.
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 22:02 Fri 19 Dec 2008
by 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
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 23:21 Fri 19 Dec 2008
by Glenn E.
Hmm... very interesting! I'll keep an eye out around here and see if I can find both.
Re: N.V. Trevor Jones Jonesy Old Tawny Port
Posted: 20:53 Sat 20 Dec 2008
by 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.
