Baskerville Porto Fine Tawny
- Brand
- Baskerville
- Appellation
- DOC Porto
- Origin
- Portugal
- Colour / Type
- Port, Tawny
- Grape varieties
- Traditional Douro grape varieties
- Alcohol
- 19%
- Sugar
- 114 g/l
- Available sizes
- 750 ml
The Baskerville label shows a rabelo, the flat-bottomed sailing boat that for centuries carried barrels of Port down the Douro to the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto, where the wine was aged and shipped to the world. Its English name is a nod to the British merchants who played a central part in that trade. Tawny is Port aged in wood: a blend of harvests that spends five to eight years in casks and vats, slowly taking on its amber colour and dried-fruit notes.
Tasting notes
Tawny colour. Elegant and sweet, with notes of dried fruit such as fig.
Grapes and region
A blend of traditional grape varieties from the Douro's three sub-regions, Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo and Douro Superior, grown on the valley's schist soils.
Winemaking
Fortified with wine spirit. A blend of harvests aged five to eight years in wooden casks and vats.
Serving and storage
Serve at 12–16 °C as an aperitif or with dessert. Best within five years of bottling. Contains sulphites.
Trade information
750 ml. 6 bottles per case; pallet details on request. EAN 5600716256835.