| Grape: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao |
| Country: PORTUGAL | | Producer: Symington Family of Port Companies | | Stopper: Natural Cork | | Winemaker: Peter Symington | | Alcohol Content: 20% | Storage Instructions: | To enjoy this wine at its best, drink within 2 years of purchase. | | History: | Founded in 1670, Warre's is the oldest British Port House and has remained family owned throughout its long history. Now it is the 4th generation of the Symington Family which owns and manages Warre's. 2000 saw winemaker, Peter Symington awarded the International Wine Challenge's "Fortified Wine Maker of the Year" for a record sixth time and in 1999 Warre's received "The International Wine & Spirit Competition "Worldwide Achievement Award". | | Winemaking Details: | Reserve style Port. Has the same youthful characteristics and rich red colour of a Ruby Port. Made from superior quality grapes and spends between 4 and 7 years in wood before being bottled ready to drink. Full fruity flavours, robust youthful aromas of red fruits, rich and fresh on the palate but with the added smoothness of prolonged wood-ageing. | | Regional Information: | Port takes its name from the city of Oporto in Northern Portugal, but is produced in the sheer terraced vineyards of the Douro River valley, further inland towards the Spanish border.Temperatures range from 35 degrees C in the summer to below 0 in the winter; the rainfall can fall to drought conditions in summer - harsh conditions that lead to excellent concentration of fruit and produces wines of great power.The inaccessibility of the area means the vineyards are still tended and harvested by hand. |
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