Vermouth & Fortified

Pale gold with an intense and complex aroma of ripe golden fruit, blending tropical aromas with crystallized orange, plus hints of spices. On the palate is full bodied with a mature luscious tone and finishes with a balanced freshness and a long lasting finish.

Quality 10 year old Tawny in a smart 50cl bottle, Tawny port is handy as it doesn`t require decanting. "The brightness of this wine comes across in a glaze of sweetness, like the brutlée on the top of the crème.

Madeira is a fortified wine that depends upon heat and evaporation to createconsistent long lasting styles. The must is fortified, either to arrest fermentation for a Malmsey or a Bual, or later in the fermentation process, in the case of Sercial or Verdelho before undergoing its own very special maturation.

An oak matured Banyuls fortified dessert wine with a natural sweetness similar to a tawny Port. It is made from 100% old Grenache grapes grown at altitude inland of Perpignan in the Roussillon. The extended oak ageing complements and softens and the naturally firm structure with rich red berries, sweet spice, stewed fruits and a long finish.

Powerful aromatic bouquet. Dark berry fruits on the nose and mouth. Great layers of complexity and flavour. Plump raisin, spice, eucalyptus notes as well as the berry fruit flavours. An elegant and finely balanced wine.

Voluptiously rich fruit, mouthfilling with density and grip, toned balance and great complexity.

Beautifully structured and perfectly balanced, Guimaraens Vintage Ports show Fonseca’s superb marriage of power and breed.

Great intensity of fruit on the nose. Pungent, fresh, plum and jam aromas. Excellent volume, wonderful mouthfilling wine. Fruit flavours on the mouth are also strong and fresh. raspberry, cherry, black plum. Good tannic structure. Long flavoursome finish.

Sercial is the driest style of madeira and exhibits mouthwatering acidity. Golden orange in colour, the wine displays vivid floral aromas, with nuts and dried orange peel on the palate. This is a complex wine with balanced acidity and a lengthy finish.

Light tawny colour, flavours of dry fruits and hints of citrus fruits. Medium weight in the mouth, elegant and long on the finish.

The aromas are delicate and complex, with notes of almonds and autolysis, whilst on the palate it shows savoury notes, with flavours of green apple, sea salt and toasty yeast. The extra body and structure comes from the fermentation in barrel.

The aromas are delicate and complex, with notes of almonds and autolysis, whilst on the palate it shows savoury notes, with flavours of green apple, sea salt and toasty yeast. The extra body and structure comes from the fermentation in barrel.

Aged in excess of 18 years in solera, this oloroso has an old gold colour with a wellrounded pungent nutty nose showing hints of spice, old leather and coffee. Immediately nutty on the palate, but with a tangy freshness that belies its age. Long and wellbalanced with a crisp finish.

Intense saline aromas, with rich concentrated notes of yeast, almonds and apple. Great texture, grip and minerality.

A dark, ebony coloured wine with pronounced tearing and a thickness to the eye. In the nose, its bouquet is extremely rich with predominantly sweet notes of dried fruits. Velvety and syrupy in the mouth and with a lingering, tasty finish.

Lightly salty and yeasty on the nose with a subtle hint of almonds. Initially dry on the palate with a light touch of oxidative flavours. The yeasty minerality continues through tinged with a touch of lemon and more lightly toasted salty almonds. Light, tangy and refreshing, perfectly clean on the finish.

Aged in excess of 18 years in solera, this oloroso has an old gold colour with a wellrounded pungent nutty nose showing hints of spice, old leather and coffee. Immediately nutty on the palate, but with a tangy freshness that belies its age. Long and wellbalanced with a crisp finish.

Lovely, light, lively golden colour. Intense almond nose with hints of oaky spice and just a touch of orange. The palate has plenty of life with nutty almond flavours, slightly salty but well-balanced acidity and a good long finish that has a surprisingly light touch for a 30 yearold sherry. Carries the official VORS stamp.

Beautiful soft sweet aromas, hints of cream and caramel but not overpoweringly sweet on the palate - this is the `real thing` , not a commercially made cream Sherry, with wonderfully aged PX to give it the weight and depth.