Quinta De La Rosa White Port (Portugal) (500ml)

Description

Honey, Pear, Sweet

A first class aperitif wine with a beautiful amber/honey colour, it shows excellent fruit, as well hints of pear drop, on the palate, all the while maintaining the quintessential La Rosa long, dry finish.

Made from traditional port varieties, mainly Viosinho, Gouveia, Rabigato and Malvasia Fina. Still largely unexplored, the terroir in the Douro offers incredible opportunity. None more so than La Rosa’s, whose vines rise dramatically out of the river with the imposing Vale do Inferno vineyard, and climb majestically up to an altitude of 500m with Lamelas, whose magnificent views overlook the very heart of the region. The estate’s grapes are category A – the very best the Douro has to offer. Remarkable freshness and mineralilty provided by the Quinta’s unique terroir, along with a steadfast desire to ensure that the brandy is well integrated means that all of our Ports are made in drier ‘house style’ without any overpowering sweetness.

The first pressings of the grapes are run off and used in our white wines. When the pH starts to rise, the last approximately 10% of the juice is drawn off into stainless steel vats, to be made into white port, stopping the fermentation by adding brandy. The Extra Dry White Port is blended from stocks held at La Rosa and is aged in large ‘tonels’ for an average of 2-3 years.

Food Pairing: This Port should be served slightly chilled and is also a good compliment to rich pates and fois gras. Good to drink cold as an aperitif or with a mixer. White Port and tonic is a particular favourite on the terrace at La Rosa in the summer whilst nibbling on some home produced roasted almonds. Make it like a gin and tonic together with ice and a slice of lemon.