PORT WINE

PORTO WINE:
The Port demarcated region is in the upper Rio Douro valley and its tributaries almost stretching 100 Kms in total length. The terraced vineyards are on slopes that reach to about 500 mts. The land is divided into Quintas that are private estates, many of which are owned by the old English Port Lodges located at the mouth of the Rio Douro in the town of Vila Nova de Gaia. This town lies on the southern riverbank and opposite the city of Porto. A visit to a Lodge is recommended as they are interesting and have lots of character within besides imparting the knowledge about preparing Port.

•  Styles of Port

Vintage  - Blended from the wine of the best vineyards in the same year and stored whilst maturing for not less than 15 years. It must be bottled and racked within two years of harvesting. It is the cream of all Ports.

LBV - This is a "Late Bottled Vintage" single year Port that has been matured in wood for not less than four years before being bottled. The label indicates the year of bottling and its vintage.

White -This is either dry or sweet in flavour. Normally chilled before serving and acts as an attractive apéritif in the small manner as a Spanish Sherry.

Produced and Bottled By:
Castelinho Vinhos. S.A.  

Vinification:

Tasting Notes:  
Vintage wine of great aromatic vigor, with aromas of fresh fruit and a dash of spices and with a taste of strong but elegant tannins. It is a Vintage to be saved that will evolve well in a wine cellar.

Produced and Bottled By:
Castelinho Vinhos. S.A.  

Vinification:

Tasting Notes:
The Vintage 2000 has a deep and intense nose full of blueberries, plums and cassis with the typical "Quinta do Castelinho" violet and rock-rose aromas.
It is a wine with an opaque red colour and bluish reflexes. It is powerful and full-bodied on the palate with well-integrated quality tannins and with a good grip and long plumy ending.

Produced and Bottled By:
Quinta da Boa Vista 

Vinification:

Tasting Notes:
Limpid, ruby colour. Elegant aroma to red fruits, with good perception of the evolution in bottle. Sweet taste yet persistent, with evident notes of dried fruits.

Produced and Bottled By:
Vinhos Borges, S.A. 

Vinification:
The Borges Vintage Port is a wine produced in a year of exceptional quality. It stages for 2 years in oak cask before being bottled.

Tasting Notes:
Deep ruby colour. A complex aroma of red fruits and floral (violet), where is perceptible a subtle note of resin (rock-rose). Velvety, complex and extremely persistent. It should be served at a temperature between 16 and 18ºC

Produced and Bottled By:
Castelinho Vinhos. S.A.

Ageing:
10 Years in oak cask

Tasting Notes:
Excellent 10 years old Port. The wine shows a deep orange red color and nuances of orange red, transparent. The nose is rich, intense and of great personality, with clean and elegant aromas of black cherry jam, cherry jam, almond, licorice, cocoa, leather, dried fig and and elegant touch of dried violet and vanilla.

Produced and Bottled By:
Castelinho Vinhos. S.A.  

Ageing:
Aged in oak cask

Tasting Notes:
Magnificent 20 years old Port. The wine shows a deep amber yellow color and nuances of amber yellow, transparent. The nose is rich, elegant and of great personality with intense aromas, clean, complex and harmonious. There can be perceived aromas of caramel, fig jam, plum jam, chocolate, leather, mushrooms, almond, rhubarb and cinchona as well as hints of vanilla sugar.

Produced and Bottled By:
Castelinho Vinhos. S.A.  

Ageing:
Aged for year in oak barrels

Tasting Notes:
The wine has a ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose reveals intense and persistent aromas, clean and very elegant with great personality. There can be perceived aromas of black cherry, cherry jam, strawberry jam, blueberry and blackberry as well as as intense and pleasing aroma of violet. In the mouth is round, soft, balanced with good correspondence to the nose

Produced and Bottles by:
Castelinho Vinhos S.A 

Ageing:
Aged in oak barrels in the beautiful cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia

 Notas de prova:
golden in colour and with a slightly nutty bouquet, this is the medium White Port range produced by Castelinho.

Must be drunk chilled...

Produced and Bottled By:
A. Ramos Pinto

Ageing:
The wine is aged four years in traditional wooden pipes.

Tasting Notes:
A rich straw-yellow, this luscious wine has wonderful floral/fruity aromas. On the palate, ripe fruit and a glycerine texture end in a soft, honeyed finish. One of the most sweet ports. 

Should be Drunk Chiled...

Produced and Bottled By:
A. Ramos Pinto

Ageing:
12 months in American oak Barrels

Tasting Notes:
Deep ruby colour. Fine aromas with red fruits. Sweet and full-bodied on the palate. The tannins are still in evidence but are not aggressive.

Must be served between 16º a 20º C.

Produced and Bottled by:
A. Ramos Pinto

Ageing:
Aged for only 3 Years in wooden barrels.

Tasting Notes:
Ruby colour. Harmonious young and fruity aromas and oak complexity. On the palate is smooth, sweet and persistent, revealing the ageing on the aftertaste.