A lighter style of Ruby Porto. Delightfully crisp, fresh and fruity. Floral notes underline the pungent, aromatic raspberry fruit aromas. The palate is full of deliciously ripe cherry and raspberry fruit flavours with lovely nuances of honey and grapefruit
Food-Pairing
can be drunk as aperitif and dessert wine. Delicious with white chocolate
Also a very very nice summer cocktail: take two parts of Rosé port in a large glass and top up with lots of ice, a bottle of tonic, slice of orange or grapefruit.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional , Touriga Franca , Tinta Roriz & Tinta Barroca
Over four centuries of Port making has given the house of Croft time to consider this wonderfully exciting rosé style of Port, the first of its kind to enter into the market and still the quality reference.
This innovative new style of port has been made by a new technique which extracts fresh, fruity flavours and delivers a subtle and delicate pink colour. The result is wonderfully fresh and vibrant, full of the rich fruit flavours of Port but with a unique and distinctive appeal. The challenge for producing the Pink Port was how to capture these characters without letting the intense tannic character of Douro grapes and the fortification process dominate the final product.
The winemaking approach was to take red Port grapes and handle them in a similar way to producing an elegant non-wooded white wine.
This vinification method extracts a light amount of colour from the skins without extracting astringent tannins which would make the palate of this light style of Port aggressive. The cold settling prior to fermentation and the cool fermentation are fundamental to enhance the freshness of fruit and its elegance.
Alcohol content
19,5 %vol
Store & Serve
Serve very fresh at 8-10 ° C
Critics & Awards
Bronze
- International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2016
87/100 - Wine Enthusiast
Tasted: 12-Jan-2014
Commended
- International Wine Challenge, 2014
Bronze - San Francisco International Wine Competition, 2013
Silver - The TEXSOM International Wine Awards, 2013
Gold - San Diego International Wine Competition, 2013