About this WINE
Marylebone Cricket Club
Berry Bros. & Rudd have specially selected a range of wines for the MCC to enjoy over the coming season. We can trace our origins back to 1698 when the Widow Bourne founded her shop opposite St James’s Palace and today the present generation of Berrys and Rudds continue to manage our family-owned wine merchant from the same premises at 3 St James’s Street, London.
The MCC range includes a marvellous Pinot Noir from Domaine de Coudulet in Southern France, a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc from the premium region of Casablanca Valley, a Picpoul de Pinet from the Languedoc in France that is a heavenly match for sea food, a fine 100% Chardonnay from Burgundy, a classical Rioja which is sublime with robust hearty dishes and an Australian Shiraz from one of the great estates in Barossa, Elderton.
Port Blend
There are around 40 different grape varieties permitted in the production of Port - however the vast majority of Ports are produced from a blend of 5 grapes - Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão.
Touriga Nacional produces small, dark-skinned grapes that produce opaque black wines of great extract and high tannins - it gives grip, body, and structure to the blend.
Touriga Franca has a thinner skin and consequently produces wines lighter in colour and tannins than Touriga Nacional. It contributes fruit, aroma, suppleness and roundness.
Tinta Roriz is the Portuguese name for Tempranillo and its high sugar content and low acidity contribute colour and fruit.
Tinta Barroca which is normally grown at highish altitudes and on north-facing slopes, is prized for producing wines of delicacy, finesse and with smooth, velvety fruit. It brings elegance and sweet, ripe fruit to the final blend.
Finally Tinto Cão produces fine and complex wines, though it is probably the least important of the 5 grapes as its painfully small yields have reduced plantings to almost insignificant levels.
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MCC Reserve Port has been specially produced by Quinta de la Rosa and it is made up from a selection of harvests and aged in large oak casks. The nose of lush red and black fruits suggest the full, rewarding richness to come. The palate is sweetly opulent and concentrated with vivid blackberry and black cherry fruit and silky tannins. This exceptional Ruby Port is delicious with mature cheese and fruit cake and can be served without decanting.
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