Club Fortified

Question 1

50 Year Tawny

Answer 1

Producer: Yalumba
Grape Variety: Shiraz, Grenache, Dolcetto, Mourvedre, Muscadelle
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
Wine Notes: Oldest Run Family run winery, established 1849.
Grape were fermented on the skin. Apera wine is blended in the final due to the angel-share loss each year.
Australian fortified wine is referred to as ‘apera.’

Tasting Notes: Baking Spices, Vanilla, Cloves, confectionary sweets: toffee and chocolate. Luscious mouth feel.

Price: 35/Glass
Glass: Zalto White

Question 2

D’Oliveira 1907

Answer 2

Grape: Malvasia
Tasting Notes: Dried fruit, eucalyptus, resin, rich and powerful
Price: 125/Glass

Question 3

D’Oliveira 1971

Answer 3

Grape: Terrantez, nearly extinct
Tasting Notes: delicate, bright aromatics, barley-sugar sweetness, bittersweet finish.
Price: 55/Glass

Question 4

D’Oliveira 1967

Answer 4

Grape: Boal
Tasting Notes: Sweeter style with darker hues
Price: 55/Glass

Question 5

D’Oliveira 1937

Answer 5

Grape: Sercial, highly acidic and drier in style
Tasting Notes: Candied citrus, caramelized orange, toffee, butterscotch.
Price: 85/Glass

Question 6

D’Oliveira 1986

Answer 6

Grape: Verdelho, white grape known for medium-dry Style
Tasting Notes: TBD
Price: 35/Glass

Question 7

D’Oliveira 1927

Answer 7

Grape: Bastardo aka Trousseau in Jura. Light Colored wine, with pink hues, fairly low acid.
Tasting Notes: Butterscotch and coffee on the nose, off dry, bracing acidic finish
Price: 95/Glass

Question 8

Toro Albala 1955

Answer 8

Grape: Pedro Ximenez
Name: Toro Albala Convento Seleccion
Tasting Notes: Concentrated dark chocolate, candied orange, balsamic vinegar, black tea and oak
Price: 45/Glass

Question 9

Toro Albala 1990

Answer 9

Grape: Pedro Ximenez
Name: Gran Reserva
Tasting Notes: Dates, figs, raisins, orange peel, concentrated texture, very lush at 400/g sugar.
Price: 18/Glass

Question 10

Manzanilla Pasada

Answer 10

Producer: M Antonio de la Riva
Vintage: NV
Grape: 100% Palomino Fino
Location: Sanlucar de Barrameda, Andalucia, Spain
Tasting Notes: Bruised apple and pear, mild almond notes
Wine notes: Flor aged, but depletes and the wine slowly oxidizes. Richer, older and more complex wines.
Price: 12/Glass
Glass: Zalto White

Question 11

Amontillado

Answer 11

Producer: Bodegas Tradicion Vors 30 Year Old
Variety: 100% Palomino Fino
Location: Jerez DO, Andalucia, Spain
Tasting Notes: dried fruit, dates, apricots, honey, hazelnut, and saline
Wine Notes: Wine is a blend, but they do not produce wine. Both oxidatively and biologically aged. After the flor dies in the fino cask, it is designated amontillado, and fortified again to prevent oxidation.
Price: 12/Glass
Glass: Zalto White

Question 12

20 Year Tawny

Answer 12

Producer: Fonseca
Grapes: Port Grapes, not specified
Location: Porto, Douro, Portugal
Tasting Notes: Ripe red fruit, touches of baking spices, cinnamon and clove
Wine Notes: Fonseca port ages faster due to warmer aging conditions
Price: 15/Glass
Glass: Zalto White

Question 13

LBV

Answer 13

Vintage: 2004
Producer: Smith Woodhouse
Grape: Port Grapes
Location: Porto, Douro, Portugal
Tasting Notes: Dark brooding fruit, baking spice, earth
Wine Notes: negociant, foot treaded grapes. Held in cask 4-6 Years, all one vintage, and bottled 2 years after aging.
Price: 12/Glass
Glass: Zalto White

Question 14

Quinta de Vargellas Vintage

Answer 14

Vintage: 1998
Producer: Taylor Fladgate
Grapes: Port Grapes
Location: Porto, Douro, Portugal
Tasting Notes: Cherry, Black currant, chocolate, violets, smoke.
Wine Notes: all from the Vargellas estate, 98 vintage was wet winter, cold spring, hotter july and august.
Quinta de Vargellas is the source of prized ports high in the upper Douro Valley.
Price: 18/Glass
Glass: Zalto White