Ferreira Dona Antonia 10 years old Tawny Port

€ 26.00

Porto Ferreira Dona Antónia Tawny 10 Years Old has a deep tawny hue with red hints. Its aroma is characterized by an excellent balance between the quality of its original grapes and wine (noticeable in its floral and ripe fruit aromas) and its ageing through oxidation in wood (which gives it spicy and nutty aromas). In the mouth, the classic and fresh style of the Ferreira brand is conspicuous, achieving a fine balance between the different sensations in the wine body and in the long full feeling finish in the mouth

Food pairing

Porto Ferreira Dona Antónia Tawny 10 Years Old is a delicious Porto which, served slightly chilled, goes well with various rich starters, including foie-gras or intense cheese pies, salty vol-au-vents or creamy seafood. At the end of a meal, it is an ideal wine to match desserts such as nut and dry fruit tarts, crème brûlée and cured or blue cheese, or when served on its own.

Grapes: Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Cão, Tinta Amarela

The selected hand-picked grapes have been vinified in accordance with the traditional Porto Wine method. Controlled fermentation took place in stainless steel vats and it was stopped through the addition of wine alcohol. The resulting wines were very elegant and possess great ageing potential. The wines selected to enter the final blend of the Porto Ferreira Dona Antónia Tawny 10 Years Old remain in the Douro after the harvest and are taken to Villa Nova de Gaia in the following Spring and enter the traditional Porto Wine ageing process, in oak casks. During their ageing period, the wines are subjected to numerous transfers, analyses and tastings, making it possible to monitor their ageing and to intervene through blending, refreshing and corrections whenever tasting so advises. The final blend is obtained using wines aged between 8 and 15 years, so as always to achieve the average age, quality and style of Porto Ferreira Dona Antónia Tawny 10 Years Old.

Store & Serve

This port is bottled ready to drink and will not improve if kept for a long time. Serve between 12 º C - 16 ºC. Decanting is not necessary and after opening this port will keep its taste for about 6 months.

Alcoholcontent

20%

Critics & Awards

4,2/5 - Vivino (1.832 ratings)

17/20 - Vinum Wine Magazine Tasted: Feb 2019

Doña Antonia

José Ferreira was one of the pioneers in the Douro Valley who started on a small scale in 1751. However, it was a woman who made the company as it stands on the map today. Dona Antonia Adelaide Ferreira, a business woman pur sang who has taken the export and spread of the brand to the next level, without making any concessions to the quality of her family product. She lived from 1811 to 1896 and belonged to the fourth generation of the family.

Dona Antonia was already a widow at the age of 33, a tragic fate from which she drew the strength to continue to build her Port house with enormous energy and flair. Much loved by the people and deeply concerned with the plight of the less fortunate, she founded several charities, which are still functioning today. A legendary and striking woman who was quickly given the pet name “Ferreirinha”, “the good lady of Ferreira”. A woman who had a particularly strong influence in the port world. To keep her in mind, Ferreira still markets her “Personal Reserve”, the “Dona Antonia”. A masterful selection of port wines from the Quinta do Seixo.

Tags: Ferreira - Douro