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Porto Ferreira Vintage Vinhas Velhas 2016

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Harvest: 2016
Country of origin: Portugal
Capacity: 0,75 l
Alcohol Content: 20º
Producer: Casa Ferreirinha
Varieties: Vinhas Velhas
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Ferreira Vintage Vinhas Velhas 2016 is the brand's first Port Wine produced from a rigorous selection of grapes from vineyards over 50 years old. In a year of classic Vintage, this true work of art was born that encompasses the grandeur and identity of the Douro, as well as the centuries-old tradition of Ferreira Vintages.

Luís Sottomayor’s most recent ‘work of art’ began to take shape during the in-depth work to requalify the Sogrape vineyards in the Douro, carried out over the last decade. “This improvement introduced in the vineyard allowed us to reach the desired level of quality to move towards this superior Ferreira reference that we are now presenting for the first time”, explains the winemaker, confessing that “this process already had in mind the creation of a wine like this Vintage Vinhas Velhas”.

Produced from grapes from old vines on Sogrape farms in the Douro, especially Quinta do Porto — known as one of Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira's residences —, this super vintage takes on a distinct character, with levels of complexity, color and structure absolutely exceptional, which now allows it to play the role of protagonist in the valuable historical heritage of more than 250 years of Porto Ferreira, where time and waiting prevail.

Porto Ferreira Vintage Vinhas Velhas 2016 is the result of the knowledge and passion of an oenology and viticulture team, which combines technological modernization with full respect for traditional methods and practices in the production of high quality Port Wine.

“If Ferreira Vintages are unique, if they represent the maximum exaltation of the quality of a Port Wine, this Vinhas Velhas 2016 is the culmination of years of experience, a true milestone in the brand's scale of values. We are facing a supreme example of Ferreira’s quality”, concludes Luís Sottomayor, assuming enormous pride in the possibility of continuing a unique story in the world of wine.

With a limited edition of 4,000 bottles, Ferreira Vintage Vinhas Velhas 2016 will lead one of the richest collections of Vintage Port Wines, Caves Ferreira, a place of worship, testimony to the brand's extraordinary history, where the best 'patiently' cohabit wines since 1815.

About Wine

Grapes: Vinhas Velhas (70%), Touriga Nacional (20%), Sousão (10%)

Alcohol Content: 20%

Total Acidity: 4.9 g/L

Ferreira Vintage Vinhas Velhas 2016 has a deep black color. Reveals excellent complexity and intensity with balsamic notes such as resin and tobacco box, floral notes of rockrose and aromas of spices such as pepper and cloves; It is slightly minty and has nuances of wet shale and a little cocoa, the result of excellent maturation. In the mouth it is dense, with vibrant acidity that gives it excellent balance, firm and robust tannins of great quality and also notes of green tea, rockrose and basil. The finish is extremely long, elegant and complex.

About Ferreira

Founded in 1751 by the Ferreira da Régua family, Ferreira is the only one of the great Port wine houses that since its foundation has always remained in Portuguese hands, having enjoyed a special protagonism under the leadership of Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, an iconic figure in the Douro and Port Wine, affectionately nicknamed Ferreirinha by her fellow Douro residents. Acquired in 1987 by Sogrape, Ferreira has managed to combine technological modernization with full respect for traditional methods and practices in the production of high quality Port Wine.

Bearing witness to its extraordinary history is one of the richest wine cellars of Vintage Port Wines, with wines dating back to 1815. Located in the Ferreira Cellars, in Vila Nova de Gaia, this wine cellar is a true place of worship for Port Wine lovers. . ferreira vintage old vineyards 2016: a work of art from the Douro, a port ‘written’ with passion in vineyards over 50 years old.

Sogrape Vinhos was founded in 1942 by Fernando van Zeller Guedes, with the ambition of making Portuguese wines known to the world and a long-term vision based on the quality of the wines to be sold, the importance of the brands' novelty and the presentation of their products. wines.

Led today by the third generation of the founding family, Sogrape Vinhos fulfills, more and more faithfully, the objective assumed since its foundation: to be a family-oriented company with an international vocation, focused on the production of quality wines, innovation and development of global Portuguese brands.

Sogrape Vinhos has around 830 hectares of vineyards in Portugal.