";s:4:"text";s:4578:" It's sweet and mellow, with a harmonious balance of fruit characters and oak tannins.BEST INTERNATIONAL FORTIFIED WINE AT THE DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2004, 2007, 2010 & 2012.This fine mature tawny is made from the Barossa’s traditional tawny varieties, Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz, and has been blended to an average age of a 10-year-old wine.This tawny wine is assessed and re-blended into a solera-based system, enabling us to consistently release wines of such high quality. The wine is then matured in small oak barrels (or casks) for ten years to develop the flavours before blending.This wine is an example of the traditional Pedro Ximénez style. 2 Trophies and 5 Gold Medals: BEST FORTIFIED WINE at Barossa Wine Show and National Wine Show of AustraliaThe fruit was hand picked into slotted crates, which are then dried under the sun for approximately three weeks.Once dried, the fruit is crushed to a tank press for overnight fermentation. $15.19 First-born Percival established the Wilsford Winery in 1916, beginning the Burge winemaking tradition. The history of the Burge family and their long association with winemaking in the region can be traced back to March 1855, when noted tailor John Burge immigrated to the Barossa from Hillcot, near Pewsey in Wi...
The palate is sweet and mellow but finishes quite dry and shows a harmonious balance of developed fruit characters and oak tannins.
I reallly love this port and recommend it highly. 16% off The Grant Burge 10 Year Old Tawny is a richly flavored wine showing a tawny color with tinges of red. Complex rancio characters show through on the bouquet, together with some fresh fruit characters and excellent integration of spirit. Careful blending has ensured that they are balanced by fresh muscat fruit flavours to produce a wine that is sweet but finishes cleanly and without being at all cloying.This exceptional liqueur muscat is made from Muscat à Petits Grains, which is left on the vine to reach maximum ripeness and handpicked between 15-17 Baumé from selected vineyards in the Barossa Valley.After fermenting and fortifying on skins to take advantage of the natural phenolics (skin tannins) of the muscat variety, the wine is aged in large barrels to control the aged rancio characters. Grant Burge Port Aged Tawny Port 750ml $ 19. Made from a delicious and classic blend of Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz from one of the Barossa Valley?s most coveted winemakers, comes an aged Tawny with sweet raisined fruit and nutty undertones with a long velvety finish. 16% off Grant Burge's passion for making fortified wines is evident from the producer's long history of crafting these special wines, and we have continued to work tirelessly with this age-old tradition of fortified winemaking. Complex rancio characters show through on the bouquet, together with some fresh fruit characters and excellent integration of spirit. The palate is sweet and mellow but finishes quite dry and shows a harmonious balance of developed fruit characters and oak tannins. The palate is sweet and mellow but finishes quite dry and shows a harmonious balance of developed fruit characters and oak tannins. Well, well, well. $21.79 Add to cart . One of the wines from South Australia that is popular with Wine-Searcher users.