TIME TO LEARN

Here, at Douro Valley, now is time to treat our beautiful vineyards,meanwhile we can learn something about the wines that will come from them.
It is practical for consumers to distinguish between the fruity Ruby types, which have a short ageing in wood  (Vintage, Late Bottled Vintage, Ruby) and the Tawny types,which have a long ageing in wood (Tawny, Colheita,10-years, 20-years, 30-years and over 40-years Tawny).
Vintage this is a Port of one harvest  produced in a year of high quality,with exceptional organoleptic characteristics,dark and full bodied, lots of fruity,fine aroma and palate. It is bottled two years after ageing in wood.
Tawny with age - this is a blend of Port wine which is 10-years,20-years,30-years or over 40-years old in average and aged all of them in big wood casks.
We shall learn more,but the easy way is tasting them.So, if you spend some holydays at Casa de Santo António de Britiande you could have the experience of taste a very fine 30-years old Port wine,after dinner. This Port wine is coming from our own vineyards that we are treating with love and care as also the previous generations had made. Why you don't come and try? Meanwhile, I shall tell you more...