Graham's 10 years Tawny 37.5 cl

Graham's 10 years Tawny 37.5 cl

With this 10-year Tawny from the port house Graham's, you get a beautiful dark red port - with a slight brownish tinge at the edge. The scent has nuances of dried figs, herbs and dark chocolate.

Color: Dark red with a slight brownish tinge at the edge.
Scent: Shades of dried figs, herbs and dark chocolate.
Taste: Rounded but still with a little bit of tannin.

The grapes are fermented at 24-28 degrees, and as soon as the must has achieved a satisfactory grape sweetness (often within 48 hours), the fermentation is stopped by adding a 77% grape spirit in a ratio of 1-5. Subsequently, the must is placed in used oak barrels before the wine is bottled and released for sale.

About Portvinshuset:

The company only traded in textile goods until 1820. Then a customer could not pay his overdue bill to the company's branch in Porto. They were therefore forced to accept 27 pipes of port wine as payment. The port was sold with great success and was encouraged to repeat the trade. The company quickly built up a good reputation within port wine.

At the end of the 19th century, Graham's was one of the largest shippers and most recognized port wines. Young Scotsman Andrew James Symington was employed by the company in 1882 and after a few years he moved on to the world of port wine. In 1970 Graham's had financial problems and had to add capital. Then Symington's grandchildren took the opportunity to buy the house.

The Symington family today has a very central position within the world of port wine and owns some of the best port wine houses. Today, it is the 5th generation that manages their port wine houses.

Robert Parker also had the following comment on Graham's: The most consistent producer of great port in the post world war 2 era.