Sandeman 20-Year-Old Tawny Port
£40.95
The wine
Rich tawny in colour, with pronounced dried fruits, honey and roasted nuts combining with vanilla and cinnamon. A wine of great elegance, perfectly balanced between sweetness and acidity.
The age statement on a tawny is an average rather than a minimum: this is a blend of casks assembled to show the character of twenty years in wood. Two decades of slow oxidation is where the honey and roasted nut notes come from. Fruit for aged tawnies is selected for elegance rather than power. Foot trodden in granite lagares.
The producer
Sandeman
View all Sandeman winesFounded in 1790, Sandeman is one of the most iconic names in the world of fortified wine, instantly recognisable by its famous silhouette of The Don in his black cape and wide-brimmed hat. For more than two centuries it has been a benchmark producer of both Port and Sherry.
In the Douro Valley, Sandeman draws on prime vineyards led by its flagship Quinta do Seixo, crafting the full spectrum of Port from vibrant Ruby and White to cask-aged Tawnies of great age and majestic declared Vintages. Across the border in Jerez, its Andalucian bodega produces a classic range of Sherries, from bone-dry Fino to lusciously sweet Pedro Ximénez, drawing on the same heritage of patience and craft.
The Port range spans Founder's Reserve Ruby, aged 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50-Year-Old Tawnies, Late Bottled Vintage and celebrated declared Vintage Ports, while the Jerez range offers the Don Fino, Character Amontillado, Armada Cream and Royal Ambrosante PX.
Historic, characterful and endlessly versatile, Sandeman remains one of the great houses of fortified wine, a single name uniting the finest of the Douro and Jerez.
