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It seems to me that there are more posts on (simple) tawnies than on 10yot.
How comes?
(I´m asking, because I prefer the 10yrs )

what do you mean simple tawnies?

I personally find the extra 10$ going towards a 20 yr old is more worthwhlie so I'll pick up more of those and usually skip teh 10s

Can you post a couple of examples?

I don't think I've ever seen heated discussion about basic tawnies on this site!!

however, I'm sure we're all guilty of lazy reference to "tawnies" as a generic category covering all wood-aged ports, includiong the basic tawnies, the different indications of age, and even colheitas...

RAYC wrote:Can you post a couple of examples?

here
Tasting_Notes/alphabetical.html
I found few entries for 10y (one post per port as average),
and it seems that there are relatively many NV - related posts.

Tom wrote:

RAYC wrote:Can you post a couple of examples?

here
Tasting_Notes/alphabetical.html
I found few entries for 10y (one post per port as average),
and it seems that there are relatively many NV - related posts.

you sure?

i see tons of tawny

20 yr more so than 10

and alot of colheita posts.

Even the Taylor's

Taylor tawny

•10Y
â—¦ADV, 17 Sep 2007
â—¦RMW, 28 May 2008
â—¦JHG, 01 May 2009
â—¦ARK, 24 Aug 2009
â—¦MKD, 25 Oct 2010
â—¦08 Apr 2011
•20Y
â—¦MW, 17 Dec 2008
â—¦08 Apr 2011
•NV: JGH, 23 Dec 2010

I agree there aren't so many 10Yr/20Yr/30Yr/40Yr reviews, but there are even fewer "simple" or basic tawny reviews! I could only find a couple in the whole database.

Many of the "NV" reviews also relate to crusted ports, rubies, and reserves (and even mis-labelled 10yr reviews - such as the Taylor NV tawny review!).

I suppose this is a product of the fact that the tasting notes are predominantly posted by people (or from events) that focus on vintage ports, though plenty of people here drink all sorts of tawnies (particularly 10Y-40Yr) and colheitas regularly, and some even prefer them to vintage port....