Winery Offley - Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester)

Winery OffleyPorto Ruby (Barão de Forrester)

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Porto Ruby (Barão de Forrester) of Winery Offley is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinto cão and the Touriga franca.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, coffee

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon, licorice

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

Wine with earth taste

cocoa

On the nose the Porto Ruby (Barão de Forrester) of Winery Offley in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cream, prune or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Offley's Porto Ruby (Barão de Forrester).

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

Last vintages of this wine

Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2017
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2015
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2012
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2010
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Porto Ruby (Bar&atildeo de Forrester) - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Porto Ruby (Barão de Forrester) from Winery Offley are 2007, 2017, 2015, 2010 and 2008.

Informations about the Winery Offley

The winery offers 33 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Sogrape.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Offley is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 4000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 400 of of Porto wines
In the top 1500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 85000 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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The word of the wine: Dry

Champagne with between 17 and 35 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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