Port "Porto Cruz" Tawny
Reviews of purchase "Porto Cruz" Tawny
Tasting Notes
Port tan.
Port has a beautifully balanced, sweet flavor with hints of dried fruits, nuts and vanilla.
Port wine has a pleasant aroma with notes of dried fruit, hazelnut, caramel and vanilla.
Port wine goes well with nuts, cheddar cheese, fruits, risotto, cheese souffle. The drink is an excellent aperitif and digestif.
Interesting Facts
Porto Cruz Tawny Port - this is an excellent port, which is aged in barrels for at least 4 years. Port received awards: "Gold List" on the Wine Masters Challenge 2002 - Portugal, Silver medal at the competition Wine Challenge 2003 - Japan Gold Medal Brussels Concours Mondial, 2003.
The company Gran Cruz Porto, originally bearing the name Assuncao, was founded in 1887 by entrepreneurs who have stockpiles of old port. When in 1974 in Portugal there was a revolution in the cellars of the company kept about 4 million liters of aged port. In search of a safer place owners of the company moved to Brazil, where he began to think about selling your business, but because of the social unrest in Portugal nobody wanted to invest money in it. In those, the current director of the company, M. Rocha Pinto, already beyond the scope of the wine business elite, he was able to convince the owners of the French company La Martiniquaise acquire promising business for which, in turn, it was a good opportunity to be both an importer and exporter of port . Thus, the French company acquired a 95% equity Assuncao, and the remaining 5% bought Rocha Pinto, renaming the company in Gran Cruz.
Traditionally, in the production of port wine harvest begins in September, and then squeeze the juice of grapes and two days subjected to fermentation, the wine rested in the winter and in the spring went to the port cellars wine merchants on the opposite bank of the river Douro. Many years this road was overcome on the special flat-bottomed sailing barges (boats "Rabelo"). As a tribute to the magnificent history of the company Gran Cruz revived this tradition, sail boats belonging to it are red and black.
Today Gran Cruz is one of the main manufacturers of port, sold in more than 30 countries. In the cellars of the company is now an impressive stock of wine stored in more than 200 barrels, holds about 35 thousand. Liters of port. These barrels were made by hand, and each of them is unique. Age of the youngest vintage ports - 3 years, and some wines are aged for 10-30 years.
