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16.5% alcohol. Australian grenache fermented dry. Nosing slightly like a tawny, slightly like a Madeira - and then I realised it smelt just like a mature Maury. Dry palate presence, full of dried fruit and green wood. Thin textured (but it did follow on from the Quevedo 2011!) on the first mouthful but a second mouthful showed better complexity. The aftertaste was long and lingering with a bitter citrus core.

Being a comitted port drinker and therefore enjoying residual sugar in my drinks, this was not a wine that I particularly enjoyed.

Now this was really interesting. Very intriguing nose that did not show like a dry wine at all. Then a fabulous sweet-sour contrast as you move to tasting. Hid its high alcohol content well. Challenging. Certainly a very individual wine that caught my attention. Very hard to give a score - changed my mind about 5 times before giving up!

Lovely red, 40% opaque. Nose ‟not quite port”. Taste smoke, bacon, not sweet. Good wine, falling between the fortified and non-fortified stools.