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Assorted sweet and strong TNs

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This rather random collection of 19 tasting notes is grouped according to whether they are fortified or not, and presented in descending score order. The picture is of Domaine Jones' old Grenache bush vines in Roussillon, the sort that supply so many sweet wines in that corner of the world.


SWEET

RS 144g/l. Pale tawny. Obviously raisined and wood aged on the...

This screwcapped half-bottle doesn't have the word Botrytis on...

So clean and fresh! From small-berried Muscat with lovely crisp...

RS 110g/l. Mid greenish straw. Ripe whitecurrants bursting with...

Waitrose offered the 2015 at £15.49 a half. Bright greenish gold...

Pale tawny. Pretty heavy and marmaladey (surely Muscat of...

Small-berried Muscat Blanc. RS 200 g/l.
Not much nose but a heck...

STRONG

Touriga Naçional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Cão, Sousão. RS 94 g...

Green-rimmed, brownish deep tawny. Very fruity, clean nose with...

Labelled Medium Sweet/Meio Doce Lote 1'.Rich marmalade tint to...

Glowing amber. Malvasia Fina, Códega, Sercial and Gouveio blend...

This wine, clearly labelled Dry, is presumably even more...

Single vineyard it may be but that vineyard extends over 145 ha...

Very pale fox red with pale shading at the rim. Very light but...

Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca. RS...

Delightfully transparent pale tawny with a tiny hint of old wood...

I had to highlight the size of the bottle because this wine is...

I wonder why this is so much more potent than most Manzanillas...

This really does look as though marketed to winos. Lustrous pale...

Subtly shaded mid walnut brown with a suggestion of gamboge at...

Shaded amber. Pale yellow notes on the rim. Dense, dried raisin...

Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca. RS...

'Doce, Rich' it says on the front label and it is. A hint of...

Pale greenish amber. Rather sweaty nose. A bit too light and...

Dark walnut brown. Coats the inside of the glass, it's so...

Looks relatively youthful with its carmine notes, although it is...

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