Vintage Ports get all the love. But my heart is with the tawnies, those silky seductive wines that combine fig and citrus, caramel and toasted nuts, vanilla, and spice, all courtesy of lengthy barrel age. Americans get excited about a wine aged for 20 months in oak...try 20 years! The Van Zeller family owns many of the best vineyards in the Douro river valley. Because they've been making port for generations, they also have some of the most venerable stocks. Finally, Cristiano Van Zeller is a truly masterful winemaker. Great vineyards + great old wines + a master winemaker/blender = stunning ports. The VZ 20 is a blend of over 30 native grapes, with an average of 20 years in barrel before blending and bottling. Honey, toasted hazelnuts, toffee, vanilla, dried figs, orange zest....this wine goes on, and on. And on. Which is a good thing, because the end of a bottle this good is slightly tragic. Addictively great.