Morris Cellar Old Premium Tawny Tuesday, Apr 15 2008
Tasting Notes and Australia and Rutherglen and Variety and Fortified
Another fortified with plenty yet to come. This is a brilliant wine and it’s also a bit tricky to describe because I really have little choice but to rely on the tasting term “rancio” to relay quite how it tastes. And it’s heavy rancio here, so if you are unfamiliar with the taste, then best you try some of this to get better acquainted.
Delightfully nutty with almond, dark chocolate, old peel, vanilla, extreme rancio characters and a bit of VA lift. On the palate it’s fresh, clean and tangy with almond, butter toffee, wood, spice and rancio flavours. It really fills the mouth with flavour and has no sweet or sickly characters whatsoever. Enormous length of flavour and it’s also equally enormously satisfying. Magnificent.
Rated : 95 Points
Tasted : Apr08
Alcohol : 18%
Price : $45 (500ml)
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2008 - 2008+
Source : Winery Sample
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7 Responses to “Morris Cellar Old Premium Tawny”
April 16th, 2008 at 9:13 am
The Rutherglen folks are getting very snappy with their packaging. Have started a bottle of Stanton & Killeen 12-year old Tokay ($30 or so) -the value is ridiculously good, the underlying grape spirit excellent, and the packaging is very smart. 500mL (like this Tawny) is a good size because, though it will last a while when opened, you don’t want it sitting around too long.
What’s the average age of this wine Gary?
Thanks for giving the fortifieds a run on your site.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I’d say it was pretty old. It tastes it. I have a few more Tawnies and Aus. VP Styles to come. I generally like the Tawnies quite a bit.
GW
April 16th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Yes, I also generally prefer tawnies to VP, though have been giving fortifieds from white grapes a go recently. Just a smallish splash in the glass every evening or so. A most civilized custom.
April 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Gary,
All of Morris’s Premiums (Sherry, Muscat, Tokay amd Tawny) rate incredibly with me. Unlike some other Rutherglen producer’s, charging hundreds of dollars for their “rare” material, Morris (and Sepeelt, for that matter) have kept their QPR well on the “consumer” side of the ledger.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Agree 100% with David re: the quality of the Morris fortifieds. Its obvious that their top line wines have some very ancient material in them, yet you can pick them up for about $50 a pop. Other places charge 3 times this amount for their ‘rare’ grades.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
But lets try and keep it a secret my friend!
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am
Wait til you try the Caliope…