Tasting
Porto Ferreira Ruby has an intense and well defined ruby hue, showing the quality of the selected wines. Its intense aroma is reminiscent of very ripe fruit, fine-tuned through its careful aging in wood as well as through the blending carried out during its natural aging process. Full-bodied and rich, it has a fine balance between its sweetness and its tannin structure, giving it unique characteristics and a fine and attractive long finish.
Maturation
After the vintage, the wine stays in the Douro, where the Winter cold helps them to settle. The following Spring, the wines are transferred to the traditional company lodges at VNGaia and stored in oak casks, where they will age for a few years. During aging, the wines are monitored and tasted by the oenology team, which selects the wines and supervises the blending so as to reach the final wine, with the character and style of Porto Ferreira Ruby. The final blend has an average age of about 3 years.
Store
The bottle should be stored upright, avoiding direct light and excessive humidity, ideally at a constant temperature of 16ºC-18ºC.
Serve
Porto Ferreira Ruby ready for drinking and will not improve if kept for a long time. Serves between 14ºC-16ºC. When opened it does not require decanting and maintains fresh tasting notes for about 4 weeks.