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2018 Ferreira

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery

Lightly elevated cork

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery

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RATINGS

100Wine Enthusiast

...impressively structured wine shows a perfect balance between its powerful, spicy fruits and firm tannins. Dense tones of dark berries and smoke are rich and flavorful, bringing the wine to a perfect conclusion.

94-96The Wine Advocate

...elegant Port with stunning fruit and excellent structure... Perfectly put together...

94Wine Spectator

Polished and suave in feel, with a hint of dark tea curling up from the core of steeped plum, blackberry and black currant preserve flavors. Lots of juicy energy coiled up through the finish, where graphite and licorice-snap notes assert themselves.

92James Suckling

Aromas of raisins and blackberry marmalade with hints of sweet spices and dark chocolate. Full and creamy with firm, grainy tannins and a sweet dark-fruited character. Dense and meaty with a chewy finish.

91-93Vinous / IWC

...potent nose with dense black cherries, crushed violet, allspice and black pepper scents, touches of curry powder emerging with time. The palate is well balance with succulent, saturated tannins, a fine bead of acidity and a little more precision towards the finish... Very spicy on the finish that lingers for 45+ seconds on the aftertaste.

16+ Jancis Robinson

...lacks a bit of freshness and drive on the nose. Sweet with elderberry fruit and some tannin in evidence... Firm and long with some structure to it.

PRODUCER

Ferreira

Founded in 1751 in Portugal's Duoro region, Ferreira is among the only Port producers to originate and remain in the hands of Portuguese ownership. The Ferreira brand was purchased in 1980 by Sogrape from the founding family along with many of the many of the estate vineyards that traditionally provide the grapes for the Ferreira Ports. It produces a number of different wines today, while being the source for vintage ports that date back decades and even centuries.

REGION

Portugal

Portugal is best known for its two legendary fortified wines, Port and Madeira, but it also produces significant amounts of red and white table wine. In most years it ranks around the 10th or 11th largest wine producer in the world. In 2013, for instance, Portugal was the 11th largest producer just after Germany. Wine has always been produced in Portugal and in fact the country was the first to organize an appellation system, which it did in 1756, nearly 200 years before the French set up their appellations. The highest quality wines are labeled D.O.C. for Denominaçào de Origem Controlada. Many of the most innovative winemakers today, however, are avoiding the appellation system, which they deem too stifling for modern winemaking practices. The Douro Valley is the nation’s most important wine producing region, and it is the capital of Port production. The Portuguese island of Madeira, located 400 miles west of Morocco, is the nation’s other famous wine region, having produced Madeira for export for more than 400 years. Many red and white wine grapes grow in Portugal, though the best known is Touriga Nacional, the red grape used for Port and, increasingly, high quality table wines. Touriga Nacional produces dark, tannic, fruity wines.

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