Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port

• This tawny port is a delicate orange-greenish colour
• Its splendid bouquet is a complex marriage between dried fruits, spices and fine wood notes
• The taste of this port is dominated by rich and concentrated flavours
• A long and velvety finish

Kopke 20 year old tawny port is irresistible with a starter of foie gras with aubergine and walnuts. A great choice for an endless array of desserts, such as toffee brownies, chocolate and pistachio pavé, or crostini of walnuts with chèvre. Serve at a temperature between 12 and 14°C.

Established in 1638 by Nicolau Kopke and his son Cristiano, who came to Portugal as representatives of the Hanseatic League. The Kopke house have an excellent reputation for its wines.

Picking by hand is at the optimum time, following with destemming, crushing and eventually converting into wine through a process of careful maceration. This extracts their colour, tannins and aromas, enhanced by constant churning during fermentation.

Fermentation takes place in vats (lagares) at a controlled temperature until it reaches the right degree of sweetness (baum). Then introducing grape brandy to create the final fortified wine.

A wine of high quality, made by blending wines of different harvests to achieve the array of sensory qualities. These wines have each matured in oak casks for varied periods of time, with the average age of all the wines in the blend defining the age on the label. The resulting blend expresses the characteristics given by the ageing in wood.