Ferreira Dona Antonia Vintage 2017 Quinta do Porto

€ 80.00

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Amount

This Vintage presents a dark red color very charged, almost opaque, and an aroma of good intensity and complexity, with notes of red fruits and chocolate. Also identifiable are complex balsamic aromas of resin, cedar and tobacco box. In the mouth it has an excellent presence of firm but silky tannin’s. The acidity is well integrated with notes of black fruits and a long finish, of great elegance.  

 

Food pairing

Its elegant and complex profile combines ideally with chocolates and intense cheeses

Grapes: Touriga Nacional (48%), Touriga Franca (35%), Vinhas Velhas (14%), Sousão (3%) 

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%vol

pH: 3,6

 

Critics & Awards

19/20 - Grandes Escolhas Tasted: Dec 2019

17/20 - Vinum Wine Magazine Tasted: Oct 2020 When to drink: 2030 to 2070

93/100 - Falstaff Tasted: Oct 2019

96/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: Dec 2019

94-96/100 - The Wine Advocate Robert Parker

 

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