NV Penfolds 50 YO Rare Tawny

Pale tawny/amber colored with a green tinge at the rim, the NV 50 Year Old Rare Tawny (Series Three) has a gorgeous walnut and fruit cake-laced nose with a core of liquid licorice, coffee, treacle, roasted nuts and salted caramel. The palate is decadently rich and unctuous with tons of sweetness and the freshness to balance with an epically long fruit and nut finish.

Pale tawny-brown in color and exuding an incredibly complex nose of walnuts, gingerbread, Manuka honey, treacle / molasses, plus tons of earth notes that show nuances of bark, loam and fungi and later-emerging wafts of exotic incense and spice notes of sandalwood, cloves and spice cake, the Penfolds Series Two 50 Year Old Port is a very big, rich and intense Port-style wine with a wonderful array of aromas and flavors, a crisp line of acid and an epically long finish.

Wine from 1915, 1940, 1945, with an average age of 50 years. They release only 330 bottles a year to maintain the solera. Several varieties including but not limited to Shiraz, Grenache, Mataro and Cabernet . This is Series 2 (Series 1 was released last year). More orange and brown on the greenish tawny rim. Quite tough and losing fruit. (JR)