Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port

It's basically a Christmas candle that you can drink

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Amarela

$110.00

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Black Fruit, Preserved Fruit, and Pepper / Spice, Sweet Spice and Woody

BODY: Full
DRYNESS: Sweet
ACIDITY: Medium -
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)

Origin: Douro Valley, Portugal

Grape Varietals:
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Amarela

Winemaking:

Fortification

Maturation: >24 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Foie gras, toffee brownies, chocolate

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Kueh Lapis, Ayam buah beluak

Kopke 1638

Setup in 1638, Kopke is the oldest port house in Portugal. It was setup by Dutch traveller Nicolau Kopke initially as a trading company, and became a producer in 1781.

Description

Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port

Grape Varietals & Region: A blend of traditional Douro grape varietals such as Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, grown on schist-sandstone soils with some granite influence, within the Douro Valley region of Portugal.

Taste Profile: With Kopke 20 Years Old Tawny, everything is just so: fig, plum and black-cherry fruit alongside cinnamon, clove and anise spices. It basically sounds like a Christmas candle. The candied-nut and milk-chocolate flavours that are classic for the style have a lingering persistence, schmoozed along by plenty of sweetness

Winemaking Process: Hand-picked at the optimum time, the grapes are then destemmed, crushed and converted into wine through a process of careful maceration to extract their colour, tannins and aromas, enhanced by constant churning during fermentation. This takes place in vats (lagares) at a controlled temperature (between 28-30°C) until the right degree of sweetness (baumé) is achieved.

At this point, grape brandy is added 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 that are typical of these aged tawny Port wines. 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.

Caramelized & Nutty Desserts

These wines are often aged oxidatively and show developed characteristics of rich caramel, cream and a range of nutty aromas. Sweetness levels can vary.

Many of these wines are made from dried grapes, and are often fortified or solera aged. Often viscous in texture, they classically have notes of almonds, coffee, and marmalade. Some styles may have a "cooked" tinge to it due to being aged in warm conditions

Fortification

Fortified wines are wines which have alcohol added to them, usually in the form of a neutral grape spirit like brandy. This was originally done to extend the longevity of wines, for the purpose of long journeys such as a the sailing routes of the East India Company

These styles are often sweeter as the fortification arrests fermentation early.