Kopke White Port 10 years old
€ 32.50
| Producer | Kopke |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Viosinho, Folgasão, Rabigato, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Cerceal, Arinto |
| Ageing | 10 years old, in 50-year-old casks |
| Alcohol | 20%vol | pH: 3.42 | Residual sugar: 118 g/l |
| Serving | 11°C Keeps 4 months once opened |
| Scores | 92/100 Wine Enthusiast 91/100 Decanter 18/20 Grandes Escolhas |
A ten-year-old white Port: spiced apricot, almond and Seville orange.
Tasting note
Intense aromas of spiced dried apricot and some almond, later also walnut. So fragrant that it stood out even at the end of a long tasting. Seville orange and baking spice on the palate. The intense sweetness is nicely balanced by decent acidity and a slightly chalky texture.
The story
This ten-year-old white Port is a blend of Viosinho, Folgasão, Rabigato, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Cerceal and Arinto from the steep slopes of the Douro. The grapes are treated as if they were red, with longer maceration and more extraction of tannins, colour and aroma than usual, to increase the ageing potential. The grape spirit is added in three or four stages, which integrates the alcohol better without losing aromatic complexity. The wine ages in Vila Nova de Gaia in fifty-year-old casks, usually of 620 litres.
Food pairing
Excellent on its own, at almost any time of day, and after a meal too. Delicious with most piquant hard cheeses (fantastic with Parmesan) or with a good book. Too intense as an aperitif.
The producer
Kopke was founded in Porto in 1638 by the German merchant family Kopke, representatives of the Hanseatic League, and is the oldest Port house in the world. In 1922 the house bought Quinta de São Luiz, on the left bank of the Douro between Régua and Pinhão, with old vines of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão. Kopke is best known for its Colheitas and old tawnies, drawn from one of the deepest stocks of old Port in the Douro.
Since 2006 Kopke has belonged to the Sogevinus group, renamed Kopke Group in 2025. Since 2022 Carla Tiago has been winemaker and master blender for all Kopke Ports.
Critics & Awards
91/100 Decanter World Wine Awards | Tasted: Jan 2021
18/20 Grandes Escolhas | Tasted: Apr 2020
92/100 Wine Enthusiast | Tasted: Jan 2017
Like aged tawnies, aged white Ports take on colour with age. This ten-year-old is pale gold in the glass. The fruit remains, but it is beginning to show more woody, spicy character. Like all aged Ports, it is ready to drink now.
Like aged tawnies, aged white Ports take on colour with age. This ten-year-old is pale gold in the glass. The fruit remains, but it is beginning to show more woody, spicy character. Like all aged Ports, it is ready to drink now.
4/5 Vivino (511 ratings)