De Krans Cape Tawny Port NV

Made from the classical Portuguese Port varieties ­ 50% Tinta Barocca, 45% Touriga Naçional and 5% Souzao. Boets uses unmatured brandy spirit for the fortification and then matures the wine for a year in oak casks. 50% of it in 500 litre barrels and the remainder in 4500 litre vats.

So you land up with a medium bodied wine, all fruit and spice and Christmas pudding flavours with a beautifully balanced sweetness.

It’s a great glass after dinner, while watching the Soccer while whittling on some biltong. Be a devil and use it as a cooler by mixing it half and half with tonic or lemonade.

I had the tonic version in Oporto made with white port, but it will work as well with the Cape Ruby or indeed Boets¹s Pink Port.

This wine is given away at R40 [cellar door price]. You will find it in specialist wine shops.

Contact details
De Krans
044 213 3314
www.dekrans.co.za | dekrans@mweb.co.za