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Wine Description
The Story
Duque de Bragança Tawny 20 Year is elegant and complex but with great freshness, which make it unique and one of the most acknowledged and celebrated wines in the world.
The selected hand-picked grapes have been vinified in accordance with the traditional Porto wine method. Controlled fermentation took place in stainless steel vats, and was stopped through the addition of wine alcohol. The wines selected for final blend are taken to V.N. Gaia where they are aged in 640-litre oak casks. During their aging period, the wines are subjected to numerous transfers, analyses and tasting. The final blend is obtained using wines aged between 15 and 40 years.
The resulting wine has an attractive tawny colour with coppery hues. Its intense bouquet shows the characteristics of a well-balanced maturing through oxidation: nuts, spices and a hint of dry fruit and marmalade. In the mouth it is full- bodied, delicate, soft, velvety and lingering.
Bottled after maturation, the wine is ready to drink and will not improve if kept for a long time. The bottle should be kept upright under a constant temperature of 16°C–18°C. Aged Tawnies benefit if open some time before drinking. When opened it does not require decanting and maintains fresh tasting notes for about 2-3 months.
Wine Information
The vineyards of Ferreira can be found throughout the Douro region, which is divided into three sub-regions: the Lower Corgo with an Atlantic climate (an average rainfall of 900mm, or 35 inches, and an average temperature of 18°C or 64°F); the Upper Corgo with a Mediterranean climate (650mm rainfall, or 26 inches; and 20°C or 68°F average temperature); and the Douro Superior with a Continental hot and dry climate (350mm, or 14 inches, rainfall, and 22°C or 72°F average temperature). The nature of the schist soil found in the steep hills along the Douro River is critical for the character of all Port wines.
