{"title":"Ferreira | Porto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/Collection_Banner_847521c4-9381-46c5-8f2e-213eff76de7a.jpg?v=1565981524\" alt=\"Ferreira Vineyards in the Douro Valley, Portugal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFerreira is the most Portuguese of port houses, that is steeped in 250 years of tradition, and gained its current high reputation during the nineteenth century under the leadership of Dona Antónia Ferreira. Like several important figures in the history of Champagne, she was widowed young, and took control of the family business with a gusto few of her male counterparts could match. The Douro benefited both viticulturally and socially from her various projects, and Ferreira remains blessed with a superb range of vineyard holdings from which to craft their range of full, elegant ports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ferreira-ruby-port","title":"Ferreira Ruby Port","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ferreira Ruby Port has an intense and well-defined ruby hue, showing the quality of the selected wines. Its intense aroma is reminiscent of very ripe fruit, fine-tuned through its careful ageing in wood as well as through the blending carried out during its natural ageing process. Full-bodied and rich, it has a fine balance between its sweetness and its tannin structure, giving it unique characteristics and a fine and attractive long finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ferreira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23616524288058,"sku":"NVFERREIRARUBY","price":16.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Ruby.jpg?v=1566030315"},{"product_id":"ferreira-tawny-port","title":"Ferreira Tawny Port","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ferreira Tawny Port is a classic Tawny Porto Wine, elegant and very appealing, with the genuine flavour of the best wines produced in the Douro region with all the care and know-how acquired throughout more than 250 years of excellence, that has established Ferreira as the number one brand in Portugal. This Gold Medal winning Tawny Port has a beautiful red hue with a fresh and delicate aroma, reminiscent of spices and nuts, acquired during the ageing in oak wood. In the mouth it is an elegant wine that shows a fine balance between mature tannins and sweetness, providing it with an attractive, long finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ferreira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23616559677498,"sku":"NVFERREIRATAWNY","price":16.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Tawny.jpg?v=1566031414"},{"product_id":"ferreira-late-bottled-vintage-port","title":"Ferreira Late Bottled Vintage Port 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ferreira Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Port is a high quality Porto Wine, which combines the unique characteristics of the year in which it was produced with the comfort of being able to enjoy it immediately or after some ageing in the bottle. LBV Ports are single harvest wines, bottled 4 to 6 years after the vintage. A profound, almost opaque, violet colour the Ferreira LBV has an intense and complex aroma with fresh shrubby notes, spicy hints of black pepper and ginger, black fruits and a touch of cocoa courtesy of a good maturation. On the palate, this port wine has excellent volume, firm tannins of great quality, a well-integrated acidity, notes of black fruit and resinous wood. It has a long and complex finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ferreira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23616610730042,"sku":"A19FERREIRALBV","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/LBVNVBottle_e1adfd70-6b33-4c0b-9346-b14c43b66094.jpg?v=1647189289"},{"product_id":"ferreira-quinta-do-porto-vintage-port","title":"Ferreira Quinta do Porto Vintage Port 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eFerreira’s historic Quinta do Porto estate is located in the heart of the Cima Corgo sub-region of the Douro, just downstream from the village of Pinhão. The 27 hectares are on steep hillsides on the north bank of the river with southerly exposure, resulting in Ports with exceptional concentration, weight and structure. The soil in the Douro Valley is made up of schist - a slate-like metamorphic rock that fractures vertically, allowing the vine roots to dig deep to access water and nutrients to sustain them through the hot Douro summers. 22% of the fruit for the 2019 vintage was sourced from a small field blend parcel of over 100-year-old vines. These vines produce very low yields of incredibly concentrated fruit and bring great power and intensity to the blend. Deep ruby in colour, almost opaque. Aromas of blackcurrant, redcurrant and balsamic are married with spicy notes of pepper and tobacco box, herbaceous nuances and a stony minerality. The palate balances power with elegance, with firm but ripe tannins and a lively acidity that carries the intense and complex flavours onto the lingering finish. 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Vintage Portos are exceptional wines from a single extraordinary year, selected for their huge potential for bottle ageing. This Vintage shows an intense, almost black colour. The aroma reveals great complexity and intensity with dried black fruits, such as plums and figs. This wine reveals balsamic notes of heather as well as hints of liquorice, cocoa and chocolate, thanks to its excellent maturation. Dense on the palate, with great volume, it has a well integrated acidity that frames notes of milk chocolate and sour cherry. It's finish is one of great length, freshness and balance in the true Ferreira style. This Vintage Port can be consumed immediately, but will benefit from a growing complexity if aged for a prolonged period in the bottle. Estimated to reach its peak in roughly its 15th year, this wine has the 20-25 year longevity of a 'vintage', after which it will maintain the great qualities of a \"cellar wine\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ferreira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23616690782266,"sku":"A16FERREIRAVINTAGE","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Vintage_2016.jpg?v=1566035065"},{"product_id":"ferreira-vinas-velhas-vintage-port","title":"Ferreira Vinas Velhas Vintage Port 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eFerreira's Vintage Ports are unique, the ultimate embodiment of superior quality Port. Vintage The Vinha Velhas 2016 marks the first launch of a Vintage Ferreira produced with carefully selected grapes from old vines, most notably of the beautiful Quinta do Porto, where Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira lived for a time. The Vinas Velhas is the first-ever Port sourced from these old vineyards, giving it a unique and exceptional character. Ferreira Vintage Vinhas Velhas 2016 has a dark, almost impenetrable red colour and an aroma of excellent complexity and intensity. It has balsamic notes of resin and tobacco box, floral tones of rockrose and spicy notes, such as black pepper and clove. It has further hints of menthol, mineral nuances and a little cocoa: the result of an excellent maturation. On the palate, this wine is dense with a vibrant acidity conferring an excellent balance. It has firm and robust tannins of great quality and additional notes of green tea, rockrose and basil; its finish is extremely long, elegant and complex. Although this wine can be consumed immediately, it will gain growing complexity from extended aging in the bottle - reaching its peak after around 15 years and enjoying a lifespan of roughly 20-25 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ferreira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23616771391546,"sku":"A16FERREIRAVV","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Vinhas_Velhas_2016.jpg?v=1566036902"},{"product_id":"ferreira-dry-white-port","title":"Ferreira Dry White Port NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eFerreira Dry White is an appealing white Porto, versatile and rich, with flavours and characters so typical of the best Douro wines. It is made with the precision and expertise accumulated over more than 250 years of excellence that make Ferreira the oldest and most celebrated Portuguese Porto Wine brand in the world. Beautiful bright in colour with golden shades and a finely intense bouquet with a prevalence of dry fruit and nuts such as almond, hazel and pine nuts, as well as slightly floral notes. It has excellent balance, well integrated acidity and a captivating palate that offers beautiful dried fruit notes and a complexity and nobility gained from a careful ageing in oak. Served chilled, on its own or accompanying dried fruits and roasted almonds, Porto Ferreira Dy White is the ideal aperitif. For a modern, very fresh and fully-flavoured option, try a Ferreira Tonic. 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Given the steep gradients and the inaccessibility for machinery, vineyard operations and harvesting are carried out by hand. Soils in the Douro are composed of a dense, slate-like, metamorphic rock called schist. In the Douro, the schist fractures vertically, allowing the vine roots to delve deep to access water and nutrients to sustain them through the hot Douro summers. The poor quality of the soil means that the vines produce low yields - on average 1.5kg of grapes per vine - of intensely concentrated fruit, packed with flavour and able to stand up to decades of oxidative ageing. Upon arrival at the Quinta do Seixo winery, the grapes were destemmed and gently crushed. Fermentation took place in stainless-steel vats with vigorous punch downs to extract the ideal levels of colour, flavour and tannin before fortification. The ferment was closely monitored to determine the ideal moment to halt the fermentation by fortifying with grape spirit, leaving some of the grapes’ natural sugars. The wines remained in the Douro until the spring following the harvest when they were transported downstream to the historic Ferreira cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for oxidative ageing in oak barrels. The 20-Year-Old Tawny is a carefully crafted blend of wines between 15 to 40 years of age. Pale tawny in colour. The nose is brimming with evolved flavours of dried figs and apricots, roasted hazelnuts, baking spice and toffee. A wine of great elegance, there is a perfect balance of sweetness and acidity on the palate and the complex flavours develop on the exceptionally long finish. 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