O Produtor, tasting note published in October 15th 2022
Ferradosa Vinhas Velhas Douro Tinto is a wine that shows a very concentrated nose with some freshness.
Ripe red fruit, black cherry, plum, spices and notes of pine forest. A wine of velvety tannins, long and persistent finish and full of fruit.
Several parcels of old vines over 50 years old. The grapes were trodden by foot and fermented in traditional lagares for 7 to 10 days at temperatures of 22° to 27o. The wines are then racked off into 225-litre new French oak barrels from various cooperages (Taransaud, Seguin Moreau, Nadalié and François Fréres) where malolactic fermentation takes place. All the wines are then aged for 15 months in French oak barrels (75% new barrels and 25% one year old barrels), the different batches obtained from each fermentation being kept completely separate until the composition of the final batch, about a month before bottling.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 105634
Quinta da Ferradosa
The first references to Quinta da Ferradosa date back to the end of the 19th century, when it belonged to the Borges family.
At the beginning of the 20th century it was bought by Real Companhia Velha, the oldest Port Wine company.
The construction of the Valeira dam caused a rise in the water level of the Douro River, submerging a large area of vineyard of Quinta da Ferradosa, which affected its viticultural potential and made its access difficult. In the 1990’s, the Quinta was bought by Joaquim Manuel Calem, owner of the company AA Calem & filho Lda, one of the main Portuguese companies producing and exporting Port Wine, created by his great-great-grandfather in 1859. The company remained in the family until the 21st century, when it was sold, together with the brand. However, the Heritage of the Quintas remained in the Calem family. Joaquim Manuel Calem, father of the current owner, had a great passion for Ferradosa, and planted 13 hectares with three of the main varieties of the region: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Tinta Roriz. He was also responsible for the installation of electricity on the property, and also had great plans to rebuild the ruins here, in order to bring back to the Quinta its golden times.
Address
Quinta da Ferradosa
Apartado 22,
5140-999 Carrazeda de Ansiães
Portugal
