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Yalumba 50 Years Old Rare Aged Tawny (500ml)
Beginning in the 1960's, winemakers at Yalumba set aside small parcels of the very best tawnies for extended ageing in barrels crafted by their very own coopers. After five decades, this Rare Aged Tawny release has become rich and concentrated, and is now the perfect accompaniment to hard cheese, quince paste, roasted nuts and salted crackers.
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The NV Rare Aged Tawny 50 Years Old is hugely concentrated in all respects. Dark, almost scorched-earth notes join dried dates and figs, yet there's also a searing level of bergamot-like acidity, which helps keep things balanced and (relatively) drinkable. Of course, there's black walnuts and molasses, plenty of rancio character and tremendous length. For pure pleasure, I prefer the 30-year-old bottling, but this is very impressive.
94 points
Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate