Wuthering Heights and 10-Year-Old Tawny Port
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, 1847
10-Year-Old Tawny Port
Douro Valley, Portugal
Something warming by the fire while the wind howls across the moors.
Why it works
Brontë’s tempestuous novel is best read on a wild night with a fire going, and few drinks suit that scene like tawny port. Aged for years in wooden casks, it turns amber and develops notes of caramel, walnut, fig and orange peel.
It is rich and comforting but surprisingly lively, with enough tang to cut through all that Yorkshire gloom. A ten-year-old tawny is the sweet spot of quality and price.
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