20 Year Old Tawny Port, Qunita de la Rosa, 50cl

Never one to rest on her laurels, Sophia Bergqvist has invested significantly over the last few years at La Rosa with the construction of a new winery. New granite lagares, fermentation tanks and an automatic basket press have been purchased, a carefully thought out tasting room overlooking the Douro River has been constructed, an extensive area for entertaining has been created, as well as a number of apartments and guest rooms built to develop the tourism side of the business. You can’t help but be impressed with the scale of this project and admire Sophia Bergqvist’s vision for this family Quinta, whilst she has maintained the integrity of the old building and the charm of a family estate in the Douro.

The 20 Year Tawny is a blend of ports with an average age of twenty years.  Every year the grapes are picked by hand at the end of September/October and trodden by foot in granite lagares.  Each year they keep back some of the best quality port and use this to make up the 10 and 20 year old tawny blends.

The beautiful golden colour is a good indication of the age of this excellent tawny port.  With a great richness and aromatic complexity, notably of almond and spices, the 20 year old has a seductive texture with dry fruits and liqueur flavours.  As is normal with these aged tawnies, the La Rosa twenty year old has incredible length and is an ‘aristocrat’ of ports.