Casa FerreirinhaBarca Velha Douro Tinto 2011

Name: Barca Velha Douro Tinto
Brand: Casa Ferreirinha
SKU: VIN-007491
Price: 600 GBP
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Product code: 7491

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Red Wine from
Douro, Portugal

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro

Type: Red Wine

Winery: Casa Ferreirinha

Alcohol: 14.5%

Volume: 750 ml

Winemaker: Luis Sottomayor

Grape: Red Blend

Grape: 45% Touriga Franca, 35% Touriga Nacional, 10% Tinto Cão, 10% Tinta Roriz

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Country: Portugal

Region: Douro

Type: Red Wine

Winery: Casa Ferreirinha

Alcohol: 14.5%

Volume: 750 ml

Winemaker: Luis Sottomayor

Grape: Red Blend

Grape: 45% Touriga Franca, 35% Touriga Nacional, 10% Tinto Cão, 10% Tinta Roriz

Product Notes

Casa Ferreirinha Barca Velha Douro Tinto is a red wine produced in the Douro Valley region of Portugal. This wine is made from a blend of traditional grape varieties, including Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca. The result is a well-structured and full-bodied wine with a deep ruby color and intense aromas of black fruit, tobacco, and spice. Its complex flavor profile offers a harmonious balance of fruit and acidity, with firm tannins and a long, persistent finish. This wine requires some aging, but when opened, it delivers a stunning, luxurious experience. Casa Ferreirinha Barca Velha Douro Tinto is an excellent choice for special occasions and pairings with hearty meat dishes.

Tasting Notes

Its color is deep ruby. Very complex aroma, with a salience for spices, such as pepper, balsamic notes, cedar and tobacco box, red fruits, such as ripe plum, slate and a high quality, well integrated wood. In the mouth it has a vibrant acidity, very lively, very firm tannins, notes of spices, black fruits and balsamic flavors. The finish is extremely long, of great elegance and complexity.

About the Winery

If you are looking to taste exotic and rare wines from Portugal, you have to get your hands on the Barca Velha. It is considered as one of the rarest wines from the Douro and the most iconic wine to have been created in Portugal. Created by the Casa Ferreirinha name, this rare wine was first produced in 1952. Till now, only 18 vintages of this wine have been produced. This explains the huge price that this wine commands in the global wine market.

The Casa Ferreirinha brand is owned by the largest wine producer in Portugal, Sogrape. There have been many interesting stories about how efficiently Barca Velha was produced in an age that had no electricity and modern means of transport. The best part of this wine is that it maintains the same quality and character whenever it is produced.

Native grape varietals such as Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Cao, grown in the vineyards of Duoro Valley are blended well to produce the highly rare wine of Barca Velha. The best of French oak barrels are used for maturing these wines for about 16 months. The wines are then aged for a minimum of 5 years, before they are released to the market.

The Casa Ferreirinha brand is also famous for producing Reserva Especial. This is also a very rare wine as only 16 vintages have been created so far, ever since the first vintage was created in the year 1960. These wines are produced in the years when the quality of the grapes is not good enough for producing the Barca Velha.

The Casa Ferreirinha was a very small brand when it was established by Bernardo Ferreirinha during the 18th century. However, today, it is one of the most established wine names in Portugal with one of the most iconic wines to its credit.

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