When in #portugal a person has to have a Port wine tasting towards the top of their list of things to do and of course drink.

Taylor's is the only winery that has a tasting room in Lisbon. Thus, I stopped by their shop and tried a vertical tawny port tasting -- 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50-year tawny ports.

Excellent introduction into understanding tawny ports and why a person may choose 10 versus a 20 versus a 50 --> younger is more fig and berry whereas the 20 quickly starts to show more caramel with the 50 a great caramel-driven wine to compliment a tiramisu.

Recommendations: 20-year is the best value followed by the 50-year

I also tried a 2001 vintage which gave an added floral nature to the wine. Loved it and grabbed a couple of bottles as gifts.

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