Seppeltsfield Para Rare Tawny NV

The Seppeltsfield Para Rare Tawny is one of Australia’s most extraordinary fortified wines and a global benchmark for extended barrel ageing. Drawn from the estate’s unparalleled solera of old tawnies with many components dating back a century or more. Para Rare is less a wine and more a living archive.

In the glass, it pours a deep mahogany with amber edges. The aromatics are profound and layered: walnut, molasses, antique wood polish, roasted hazelnut and dark toffee, interwoven with notes of coffee grounds, bitter orange peel and old leather. There is remarkable freshness for a wine of such age and concentration.

The palate is luxuriously viscous yet impeccably balanced. Intense flavours of treacle, burnt caramel, fig paste and espresso unfold slowly, guided by bright acidity that prevents any sense of heaviness. The finish is extraordinarily long, echoing with rancio characters, spice and savoury nuttiness.

Para Rare is not about sweetness alone, but about time, patience and complexity. A wine to be sipped slowly and reverently.