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Saltrams Mr Pickwick Rare Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

A fresh, balanced and inviting tawny with lovely golden/green hues and excellent aged characters. Intense spicy, citrus rind aromas and a generous but elegant caramel palate.

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Penfolds Grandfather Rare Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

A perfectly balanced, classy, tawny. Excellent complexity and age characters. A pretty lifted raisined nose and long lingering palate with coffee/toffee notes and rich rancio elements.

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Penfolds Father Grand Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

Easy drinking style with an attractive mix of fruit cake, fig and toffee aromas and flavours. Great nutty rancio richness.

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Morris Cellar Reserve Rutherglen Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

A very pleasant drink with mocha, figs and fruit cake complexity leaping out the glass. The soft and supple palate has dark, rich Christmas cake flavours.

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Seppeltsfield Para Rare Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

Excellent colour. Great age, intensity and length with lovely richness and complexity of chocolate, spices, nuts and toffee characters on both nose and palate.

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Seppeltsfield Para Liqueur Tawny 1987

Posted: April 20, 2017

Intense aged aromas; smells of figs, almonds and coffee beans with a rich complexity of nutty caramel, fig and mixed peel flavours on grippy textured palate.

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Seppeltsfield 21 Year Old Para Tawny 1996

Posted: April 20, 2017

A rich vibrancy of almond and toffee fragrances with a spicy perfumed lift. Luscious mouthcoating sweet toffee flavours. Excellent drying finish.

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St Anne’s Bluegrass Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

A sweet simple style with lots of young oak and nice toasty, chocolaty/coffee bean characters.

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919 Wines Classic Riverland Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

A classic with nutty caramel aromas and flavours, hints of orange peel, great oak and aged complexity.

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Yaldara 20 Year Old Barossa Valley Tawny NV

Posted: April 20, 2017

Chocolaty bouquet laced with prunes, spices and licorice characters. Generous rounded palate rich with fruit cake and licorice-like flavours. Great rancio. Very drinkable.

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919 Wines Classic Riverland Tawny NV

Posted: April 5, 2017

Great colour; lovely olive green hues. Attractive aromas of dried apricots and almonds with a smooth, lusciously sweet palate brimming over with some excellent fruit cake-like flavours.

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Morris Cellar Reserve Grand Rutherglen Tawny NV

Posted: April 5, 2017

“This is yummy!” enthused one of the panel. It has a nutty rancio bouquet layered with coffee grind elements. Great flavour length and balance on quite a dry palate.

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Morris Classic Rutherglen Tawny NV

Posted: April 5, 2017

Spicy raisined fruit aromas with similar characters echoed on the medium length palate.

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Carmine’s Rare SEA Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

A big powerful style with obvious age. High in sugar but has enough acid to match.

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Saltram Mr Pickwick Rare Barossa Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

Orange marmalade bouquet with sharp herbal spirit lift. Fresh and sweet in the mouth with good flavour depth.

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Penfolds Great Grandfather Rare 30 Years Old Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

Very old wine but is still very fresh. Candied apricot aromas lead on to a long lingering and delicious palate with complexity of fruit flavours balanced by some very good spirit.

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Penfolds Grandfather Rare 20 Years Old Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

Excellent deep amber hues with a complexity of marmalade and spicy aromas and an intense concentration of black treacle like flavours with excellent use of oak.

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Penfolds Father Grand 10 Years Old Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

A youthful wine with dusty orange peel aromas which follow through to the attractive palate.

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Gumpara Wines Old Barossa Valley Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

A fabulously complex wine with fragrant aromas showing lively funky spirit. Velvety smooth in the mouth – lots of aged characters but has a lovely freshness.

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Keeper’s Glove Special Reserve Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

Young fresh and very muscaty with funky spirit complexity and perfect sugar balance.

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Galway Pipe Grand Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

Rich and inviting and smelling of toffee, raisins and honey ice cream with a youthful and flavoursome palate showing nutty development.

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Morris Cellar Reserve Grand Rutherglen Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

A lusciously rich and complex deep brown tawny with ripe flavours, nice age characters, hints of burnt sugar and quite tannic.

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Buller Wines Fine Old SEA Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

Spicy muscat-like aromas with dried fruit flavours on the complex palate. “Getting there!”

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919 Reserve Collection Classic Riverland Tawny NV

Posted: April 4, 2017

A very good, quite young, easy drinking, style that has quite sweet nutty fruit characters but has the acidity to balance it.

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