NV 10-Year-Old Tawny Port, Sandeman

• Style: 10-Year Tawny
• Taste: Mellow red fruits, caramel, roasted nuts, bracing acidity
• Food: Dark chocolate, aged cheese, poached pears
• Occasion: Sunday lunch, date night
• Serve: 20% ABV, after dinner, 13–15°C

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

A wine that has shed the raw exuberance of youth and gained instead a honeyed depth. Mellow red fruits sit alongside roasted hazelnuts and caramel, underpinned by a bracing acidity that keeps everything in balance. The reddish-tawny hue signals a decade of barrel-ageing that has softened tannins and deepened flavour through gradual oxidation. This is the kind of glass that justifies lingering.

The Winery — Sandeman

Few images in wine are as iconic as Sandeman's 'Don', created in 1928 and modelled on Porto university student attire and the family's heritage in Jerez. Today the wines themselves are equally renowned. This blend draws on six native Portuguese varieties — Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão — harvested from steep terraced vineyards in Cima Corgo where old vines produce concentrated fruit. After destemming and crushing, fermentation unfolds in granite lagares with traditional treading before fortification arrests the process at precisely the right moment, preserving natural sugars. The wine then travels to Vila Nova de Gaia for its slow transformation in oak. A carefully balanced blend of wines aged nine to twelve years, this sits among the finest examples sourced. Since investment in Sandeman's vineyards and cellars began in 2002, the house has reclaimed its place among Portugal's leading Port producers.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Serve this after dinner alongside dark chocolate, aged Cheddar or Pecorino, or poached pears. Its 20% alcohol and 101g/L residual sugar make it satisfying on its own, too — a perfect close to Sunday lunch or a lingering date night. The wine's layered warmth and deeply satisfying character reward slow sipping. Explore the rest of our Sweet Wine selection to discover how different styles — from younger Rubies to vintage declarations — tell their own stories of the Douro, and find more examples of Tawny Port that showcase this versatile category.