Delaforce HIS EMINANCE CHOICE 10 Years Old Tawny Porto

His Eminence's Choice is Delaforce's aged Tawny, produced under Real Companhia Velha, Portugal's Oldest wine company, from prime Cima Corgo vineyard sources in the Douro Valley. The ten year age statement marks the average age of the wines blended into it, and the house style aims for balance between ripe fruit and lively acidity.

The wine is a blend of Tawny Ports aged oxidatively in seasoned oak casks. Over roughly a decade of cask time, slow controlled contact with air and wood strips out youthful colour and primary fruit and builds layers of nut, dried fruit, caramel and spice, while gently mellowing the 20% grape spirit into the wine.

Expect a Tawny amber wine with walnut, dried date, raisin and toffee on the nose, a full creamy palate cut by bitter orange and a shot of oak spice, and a fresh, medium-sweet finish touched with bitter chocolate. Serve it lightly chilled as a digestif, with walnuts and dried fruit, hard cheeses, or alongside coffee and caramel puddings.