10, 20, 30, 40 or more years in cask? Tim suggests which is the optimum age for wood-matured port.
Last year, Julia provided an in-depth review of wood-aged ports with vintage dates, in Colheitas – undiscovered treasure. At this year’s Big Fortified Tasting (where Jancis took this photo at the Raymond Reynolds table – you can't beat a nice cup of tea), I focused exclusively on their more common counterparts, wood-aged ports with an indication of age: 10 Year Old, 20 Year Old, and so on. As with colheitas, the vast majority of these are tawny ports, though a handful...