Porto L.B.V

Pairs beautifully with game, red meat, cheese soufflé, Serra cheese and other fat cheeses, and chocolate desserts.

In the Douro region, 2016-2017 was quite a dry viticultural year and after May there was no relevant rainfall. Average temperatures from March to June were higher. The harvest of white and red grapes in the two sub-regions began earlier than usual and almost simultaneously. The profile of the 2017 harvest is ripe, rich and scented. This crop will be remembered for the grapes' speedy maturation and the intensity of the harvest.

The wine is then aged in Vila Nova de Gaia, in casks of approximately 15,000 litres. The blend was made in May 2021 and bottled in September of the same year.

The grapes from our Quintas of Ervamoira and Bom Retiro are harvested by hand in small containers and taken to the lagar to be crushed by foot. Fermentation lasts from 3 to 5 days, producing a wines with excellent extract.

Founded by Adriano Ramos Pinto in 1880 Casa Ramos Pinto rapidly became noted at the time for its innovative and enterprising strategy. Associated with quality bottled wines it began operating on the Brazilian market in the early 20th century and quickly became responsible for half of the wine exported to South America whilst it was still conquering generations of loyal customers in Portugal and Europe. These were the natural results of a forward thinking strategy based on the modernisation of selection batching and ageing circuits and the special care which Adriano Ramos Pinto devoted to the packaging and promotion of his wines. Aware that the quality of its wines were confined to the earth of the wine producing Douro Casa Ramos Pinto meticulously studied this Demarcated Region and eventually became the owners of a number of estates with very special characteristics. The objective was to ensure the control and quality of the whole production process. By perfecting its wines Ramos Pinto created unique nectars with its own signature. In 1990 Casa Ramos Pinto became part of the Roederer Group whose history has identical characteristics. The qualities that gave fame to Casa Ramos Pinto now took on an international dimension.