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NV Maynard's Porto 40-Year Old
Maynard's
SKU 73521

NV Maynard's Porto 40-Year Old

$119.00 - $119.00
$119.00
$119.00 - $119.00
$119.00
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Maynard's takes its name from Walter Maynard, one of the earliest English wine merchants trading in Port, whose shipments date back to 1652, and who was later appointed consul in Oporto by King Charles II. The brand's lineage connects through generations of marriages into the van Zeller family, historic Douro producers who once owned Quinta do Noval, and today Maynard's is produced by Barão de Vilar, a company founded in 1996 by Fernando and Álvaro van Zeller.

This 40 Year Old Tawny is a blend crafted from Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, and Tinta Roriz grapes, hand harvested and traditionally foot trodden in granite lagares before fermentation. The finished wine represents a careful selection of exceptionally aged stocks, blended to achieve a consistent house style, having spent decades slowly evolving in oak casks that concentrate flavor as the wine gradually evaporates and softens with time.

The tawny shows a deep amber hue in the glass, with a powerful, complex nose of roasted coffee, toasted nuts, cinnamon, and caramel built up through its long contact with wood. On the palate it turns rich with toasted walnut and chocolate, its concentrated sweetness cut by lively acidity through a long, spiced finish. Serve slightly chilled alongside aged cheeses or a not overly sweet dessert.

"A stunning old barrel-aged Port in an equally stunning decanter-styled package. Maynard Ports come from members of the Van Zeller family, former owners of Quinta do Noval. All of the base wines for this blended wood Port were harvested by hand and then crushed by foot. After a quick fermentation, brandy was added to stop the yeast and leave a rich, dark, sweet wine. Then into barrels where the wine waited...and waited...and waited some more.

Winemaker Alvaro Van Zeller created this blend, drawing from some barrels as young as 30 and others as old at 50 years or more, with the resulting blend roughly 40 years old. A grand wine deserved a grand package, so the Van Zellers put it in a stunning decanter-style bottle and then framed that in a handsome, single-bottle, wood case. Best of all, they did all that at a remarkable price - about half the $150-$250 more common for 40-Year Tawny.

The aromas and flavors are all about toasted hickory and caramelized pecan with undertones of dried apricot and raisin fruit. Then, it's richly textured and very caramelized on the mid-palate and then finishes dry and long with generous notes of caramel, pecan, and more. Like all old Tawnys, you can take a month or two or three to finish the bottle - but why would you?"
—Supplier Notes
Appellation: Tawny Port
Vintage: NV
Variety: Port
Region: Porto
Country: Portugal
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Maynard's
Maynard's

Maynard's takes its name from Walter Maynard, one of the earliest English wine merchants trading in Port, whose shipments date back to 1652, and who was later appointed consul in Oporto by King Charles II. The brand's lineage connects through generations of marriages into the van Zeller family, historic Douro producers who once owned Quinta do Noval, and today Maynard's is produced by Barão de Vilar, a company founded in 1996 by Fernando and Álvaro van Zeller.

This 40 Year Old Tawny is a blend crafted from Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, and Tinta Roriz grapes, hand harvested and traditionally foot trodden in granite lagares before fermentation. The finished wine represents a careful selection of exceptionally aged stocks, blended to achieve a consistent house style, having spent decades slowly evolving in oak casks that concentrate flavor as the wine gradually evaporates and softens with time.

The tawny shows a deep amber hue in the glass, with a powerful, complex nose of roasted coffee, toasted nuts, cinnamon, and caramel built up through its long contact with wood. On the palate it turns rich with toasted walnut and chocolate, its concentrated sweetness cut by lively acidity through a long, spiced finish. Serve slightly chilled alongside aged cheeses or a not overly sweet dessert.

"A stunning old barrel-aged Port in an equally stunning decanter-styled package. Maynard Ports come from members of the Van Zeller family, former owners of Quinta do Noval. All of the base wines for this blended wood Port were harvested by hand and then crushed by foot. After a quick fermentation, brandy was added to stop the yeast and leave a rich, dark, sweet wine. Then into barrels where the wine waited...and waited...and waited some more.

Winemaker Alvaro Van Zeller created this blend, drawing from some barrels as young as 30 and others as old at 50 years or more, with the resulting blend roughly 40 years old. A grand wine deserved a grand package, so the Van Zellers put it in a stunning decanter-style bottle and then framed that in a handsome, single-bottle, wood case. Best of all, they did all that at a remarkable price - about half the $150-$250 more common for 40-Year Tawny.

The aromas and flavors are all about toasted hickory and caramelized pecan with undertones of dried apricot and raisin fruit. Then, it's richly textured and very caramelized on the mid-palate and then finishes dry and long with generous notes of caramel, pecan, and more. Like all old Tawnys, you can take a month or two or three to finish the bottle - but why would you?"
—Supplier Notes
Appellation: Tawny Port
Vintage: NV
Variety: Port
Region: Porto
Country: Portugal
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Maynard's