De Bortoli has one of the most extensive collections of old fortified wine stocks in Australia today. The winemakers draw on these stocks to blend the Premium Fortified wines, Old Boys Very Old Fine Tawny Port, 8 Year Old Tawny Port and Show Liqueur Muscat. Old Boys Port has an average age of 21 years. The more youthful 8 Year Old and Show Liqueur Muscat are rich and smooth and provide terrific value.

"Dark amber. Sweet, almost roasted aromas of dark cherry, honeyed nuts, toffee and bitter chocolate. Broad, thick and weighty, the dark honey and mocha flavors showing superb depth and richness, with a texture like motor oil. Finishes expansive and very long, with the darker chocolate and coffee notes building and taking over the palate. This is delicious."
92 pts, Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (USA), July/ August 2006

"Complex rancio and hazelnut aromas greet the nose. Provides great depth and intensity of flavour in the mouth with lovely developed nuances that display very good balance and persistence."
WINESTATE ANNUAL 2005. No. 197 BEST WINES OF 2004

"De Bortoli is particularly strong in premium fortified wines with a very good portfolio consisting of an old Tawny style with an average age 21 years called Old Boys which has recently had a label makeover and is enormously popular both here at home in Australia and overseas."
Michael Kotevski, Liquor Watch, June 2007

"Attractive old wood characters on the nose, with a nice nuttiness evident. Very well constructed palate that has long, lingering flavours and great age/rancio presence"
Winestate, Fortified Tastings, May/June 2007

"The average age of the juices used in Old Boys is 21 years, so it's already ready to drink. Golden brown in colour, the nose is deliciously heavy with spice and raisins, which tangle with each other on the medium palate. It's not too sweet, and the finish is soft and smooth. It's like bread pudding in a glass -- delicious."
Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), 17 January 2007

"Wonderful, nicely intense nose. Fruity balance with a very long finish."
Wine & Spirit (UK), December 2006

"Quite complex, displaying obvious aged character."
WINEWISE, Vol 22 No 2, June 2006

Tawny Port Over $20 - 13 Tasted, 9 Recommended
"Developed rancio nose with lots of Christmas cake-like characters. Long, medium-weight palate with some under-ripe fruit and hot spirit."
Winestate Magazine, Vol. 29, Issue 3, May/June 2006