Winery KopkePorto Reserve Ruby
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Porto Reserve Ruby of Winery Kopke in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or black fruits and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, raisin or cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Porto Reserve Ruby
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto Reserve Ruby
Original food and wine pairings with Porto Reserve Ruby
The Porto Reserve Ruby of Winery Kopke matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple or italian stuffed chicken.
Details and technical informations about Winery Kopke's Porto Reserve Ruby.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca
Aromatic and refined reds with an elegant structure, featuring raspberry, blackberry, rose, lavender, cistus and gentle spice aromas. Soft tannins and silky balance that smooths blends. Essential partner to Touriga Nacional in great Port wines (Vintage, LBV, Tawny) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety, the most planted in the Douro, related to Touriga Nacional.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Porto Reserve Ruby from Winery Kopke are 2013, 2005, 2008
Informations about the Winery Kopke
The Winery Kopke is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 75 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Ample
Said of a generous wine with a rich body that gives an impression of fullness in the mouth.
