Vinho do Porto
DOC Douro
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O Vinho do Porto provém exclusivamente da região portuguesa do Douro, a primeira delimitada e demarcada para a viticultura no mundo e demarcada por rigorosos limites físicos.
A palavra “Porto” não deve ser confundida com a palavra “Port”, que é um produto que pode ter origem em qualquer parte do mundo.
O vinho do Porto é um vinho fortificado, o que significa que a sua fermentação é interrompida quando se adiciona uma bebida alcoólica destilada de uva, chamada aguardente, que é semelhante ao brandy e que preserva alguma da doçura natural que faz do vinho do porto um “Porto” genuíno.
Four expressions of Douro DOC to keep you company in all seasons and with any meal!
Estate-grown (and certified organic since 2011!) Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Cão and Tinta Roriz (aka Tempranillo) are the dominant grapes in our Douro DOC Red and Rosé Wines.
We produce our Douro DOC every year, Reserva only in great years, Grande Reserva Savedra only in superb years, and in 2020, we produced our first-ever dry Rosé!
All our Douro DOC Red and Rosé Wines, expressing soft and mouth-filling fruit flavours, schist minerality and freshness and complex herb, flower and spice nuances, can be enjoyed young. However, the Rosé warrants drinking immediately or within 2 to 3 years of harvest, the Douro DOC within 2.5 to 4 years of harvest, the Reserva within 3.5 to 5 years of harvest, and the Grande Reserva Savedra within 4.5+ years of harvest.
Did you know? A superb Port Wine year is not necessarily a superb Douro DOC Wine year, and vice versa. We do not look for the same characteristics in our Douro DOC Wines (with more acidity and freshness, younger fruit and tannins) as we do in our Port Wines (richer and denser color and aromas, riper fruit and tannins). We also harvest the grapes for our Douro DOC Wines from slightly higher altitude vineyards and about one week earlier than for our Port Wines.
Our Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil is fruity and soft, yet with a bitter, peppery “kick” to it – irresistibly delicious and deliciously irresistible!
At Quinta do Tedo we have about 5.5 hectares (14 acres) of olive trees. Our 800 olive trees range between 50 and 100 years old (older than some of our vines!) The main varieties include Cordovil, Verdeal, Carrasquenha, and Moleirinha.
The Douro Valley’s arid, Mediterranean climate, very low yearly rainfall (400 mm or 15 in), and mineral-heavy, schist soils make for low yield and olive oil with concentrated flavors. We harvest the trees at the end of November, at which point the olives are very ripe (vs in Italy, they usually harvest in October, which gives Italian olive oil that green, peppery spice); all it takes is hitting the trees with large sticks to have it rain olives! The olive oil is cold-pressed at a local, organic press.
Did you know? Cold-pressed olive oil is not only more flavorful and complex (as none of its delicate, volatile aromatic are lost to heat!), but also healthier (preserving more vitamins A, D, and E; anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory properties that promote immune, brain and heart health).
