Old Tawny Port 40 Years

A wine of great complexity, it is excellent served on its own or with a coffee, a small piece of chocolate of fine cocoa or even a cigar. It also goes very well with nutty desserts as well as more elaborate sweets and with intense cheeses.

Sandeman Porto Tawny 40 Years Old is produced by the traditional Porto Wine method.

After the harvest, the wines remain in the Douro until the following Spring, when they are taken to V.N.Gaia and enter Sandeman´s centuries-old lodges for ageing in oak wood casks, as required by Porto Wine traditional ageing system. Along the years, the exceptional wines selected for this Sandeman Porto Tawny 40 Years Old are carefully tasted and analysed, racked from lees and all corrections deemed necessary by the tasters are carried out. The final blend results from the strictest selection of wines usually between 30 and 55 years of age, masterfully and skilfully combined so as to achieve Sandeman Porto Tawny´s 40 Years Old unique identity, style and consistency.

The hand-picked grapes undergo stalk-removal and crushing before fermentation, under controlled temperature, with skin maceration so as to extract the best components. The addition of wine alcohol at the ideal moment sets the balance between the wine´s body and bouquet. This moment is chosen by the winemaker following strict control of fermentation temperatures and densities, the later depending on the vine variety, maturation stage and the final sweetness required. After the harvest, the wines remain in the Douro until the following Spring, when they are taken to V.N.Gaia and enter Sandeman´s centuries-old lodges for ageing in oak wood casks, as required by Porto Wine traditional ageing system. Along the years, the exceptional wines selected for this Sandeman Porto Tawny 40 Years Old are carefully tasted and analysed, racked from lees and all corrections deemed necessary by the tasters are carried out. The final blend results from the strictest selection of wines usually between 30 and 55 years of age, masterfully and skilfully combined so as to achieve Sandeman Porto Tawny´s 40 Years Old unique identity, style and consistency. The hand-picked grapes undergo stalk-removal and crushing before fermentation, under controlled temperature, with skin maceration so as to extract the best components. The addition of wine alcohol at the ideal moment sets the balance between the wine´s body and bouquet. This moment is chosen by the winemaker following strict control of fermentation temperatures and densities, the later depending on the vine variety, maturation stage and the final sweetness required.

The House of Sandeman was founded in London in 1790 by George Sandeman a determined young Scotsman. From a modest start two hundred years ago as a wine merchant in the City of London to today's impressive lodges in Oporto and bodegas in Jerez and the world's best known brand of Port and Sherry there has been a continuous commitment to quality. The growth of Sandeman Port and Sherries over two centuries has been based on a balance of tradition and innovation respecting heritage but always seeking improvement. In 1980 Sandeman became part of Seagram; today as the seventh generation of the family and Chairman of the old firm George Sandeman continues the Sandeman commitment to the quality of Sandeman Ports and Sherries and to the future.