De Bortoli

De Bortoli began almost by accident in the 1920s, when Italian immigrant Vittorio De Bortoli, newly settled on a small fruit farm near Griffith in New South Wales, was asked by local workers to crush a surplus of shiraz grapes during a glut. The wine that came out of it found a ready market, and what started as a favour to neighbours grew into one of Australia's most respected wine families.

The tawny in this collection comes from De Bortoli's fortified wine holdings in Rutherglen, one of the world's most historic regions for aged tawny and muscat, along with material from the Barossa Valley. These wines mature slowly in barrel over many years before blending, giving them the rich, nutty character tawny is known for. Our port and sherry range has plenty of other styles worth comparing it against.