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Somewhere between ruby and vintage lies late bottled vintage port.

Cardamom-Spiced Carrot Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

Kept extra-moist with a generous helping of grated carrot, and lightly spiced with cardamom and ginger.

I will look for it. I see WHWC has the Ferreira 10 Year Tawny Port - Quinta do Porto. Have you tried the 10 yr and do you reccomend it?

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