Seppelt DP90 Rare Tawny boasts an outstanding show history, placing it as one of Australia’s most awarded wines. It is a wine that is immediately complex, inviting one to revisit it time and again; toffee, caramel, dried peel, figs, raisin, leather, spice – there’s complexity in spades.
Sadly, fortified wines have fallen out of favour with the modern wine drinker. With the days getting shorter and colder, when could be a better time to open a wine like this? Enjoy it on its own, with some blue cheese and walnuts or as an accompaniment to a dessert such a pecan pie, it is a treat that should be savoured.
If one had any quibble with the DP90 Rare Tawny, it perhaps lacks a little elegance. There’s power, richness and a wide breadth of flavours, all in harmony, but it is ever so slightly heavy handed. However, this is a small complaint, as there is so much to enjoy here.
Seppelt DP90 Rare Tawny is undoubtedly one of Australia’s greatest fortified wines, almost has good as Yalumba’s (sadly departed) 50 year old Museum Release Tawny. Those who have fallen out of love with Australian fortified wines should re-acquaint themselves with some of these treasures.
N.V. DP90 RARE TAWNY
Producer: Seppelt
Variety: Fortified Wine - Port
Vintage: Non-vintage
Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia
ABV: 20.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Format: 500ml
Retail price: N/a
Date tasted: 19 May 2012
Tasting Note:
Deep amber. Inviting and immediately complex nose of raisins, toffee, caramel, freshly polished wood, leather, fig and grilled nuts – offers something different every time you go back to it. Initially sweet, full bodied and mouthfilling, glorious combination of dried fruit, caramelised orange, roasted nuts, leather and spice. The finish is long and pleasantly dry.
Score: 18.5/20
Sadly, fortified wines have fallen out of favour with the modern wine drinker. With the days getting shorter and colder, when could be a better time to open a wine like this? Enjoy it on its own, with some blue cheese and walnuts or as an accompaniment to a dessert such a pecan pie, it is a treat that should be savoured.
If one had any quibble with the DP90 Rare Tawny, it perhaps lacks a little elegance. There’s power, richness and a wide breadth of flavours, all in harmony, but it is ever so slightly heavy handed. However, this is a small complaint, as there is so much to enjoy here.
Seppelt DP90 Rare Tawny is undoubtedly one of Australia’s greatest fortified wines, almost has good as Yalumba’s (sadly departed) 50 year old Museum Release Tawny. Those who have fallen out of love with Australian fortified wines should re-acquaint themselves with some of these treasures.
Producer: Seppelt
Variety: Fortified Wine - Port
Vintage: Non-vintage
Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia
ABV: 20.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Format: 500ml
Retail price: N/a
Date tasted: 19 May 2012
Tasting Note:
Deep amber. Inviting and immediately complex nose of raisins, toffee, caramel, freshly polished wood, leather, fig and grilled nuts – offers something different every time you go back to it. Initially sweet, full bodied and mouthfilling, glorious combination of dried fruit, caramelised orange, roasted nuts, leather and spice. The finish is long and pleasantly dry.
Score: 18.5/20
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