Origin- Portugal

Region- Douro

Grapes- Blend of traditional varieties from old vines

Type- Red, Tawny Port

Style- Complex, rich and elegant Tawny Port

Alcohol- 20%

A tawny colour with shades of gold, showing off a magnificent bouquet of dry fruits & spice within a harmonious, mellow structure. Its vigour is evident, yet very complex, as a result of ageing in oak. Notes of fresher fruit as lemons, clementine finishing with some cinnamon elegance.

Enjoy this magnificent 10-year-old Port with a chocolate dessert, foie-gras, roast almonds, or on its own.

The Royal Oporto 10 Years Old Tawny is a blend of Ports from several years, which have been selected to age in oak casks & “balseiros” that, through the ageing, develop the character & the organoleptic characteristics corresponding to the ten years pattern established by the Port & Douro Wine Institute. In this Port category, the experience & inspiration of the master blender is required to foresee the present & future development of the Ports.

Real Companhia Velha is the oldest wine company in Portugal, having recently celebrated 265 years of constant trading since 1756.

In the mid-18th century, there was a crisis with the port market due to a reduction of exports, extreme low prices & the situation being worsened by the fact the trade was dominated & controlled by British merchants.

With the support of a number of personalities including the King D. José I, the Portuguese Prime Minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, aka the Marquis of Pombal, a decision was made to create a chartered company. Its aim was to break the monopoly of the English Trading Post, to balance supply & demand, to ensure the quality & authenticity of the product & to protect it from disloyal competition by wines from other parts of the kingdom. All of this with royal approval & it soon became one of the Portuguese state’s greatest sources of income. This was the origin of Real Companhia Velha.

Since 1960, Real Companhia Velha has been run by the Silva Reis family, who have dedicated their efforts to the production of both port & Douro wines, focusing on the study & development of the Douro terroir & sustainability.

The 3rd generation of the family has Pedro Silva Reis Junior as the resident winemaker, Pedro Silva Reis, his father, as the Master Blender (for over 40 years) & Tiago Silva Reis developing the market to show a company that combines innovation with tradition in the 5 Quinta’s they own, which are considered some of the best in the Douro Valley.

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