2008 Barca-Velha, Casa Ferreirinha, Douro, Portugal

2008 Barca-Velha, Casa Ferreirinha, Douro, Portugal

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2008 Barca-Velha, Casa Ferreirinha, Douro, Portugal

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About this WINE

Casa Ferreirinha

Casa Ferreirinha

Casa Ferreirinha is a wine producer in Portugal’s Douro Valley. The winery is renowned for its unfortified red wines, mostly notably its flagship cuvée Barca-Velha, whose first vintage was 1952. The team here is led by winemaker Luís Sottomayor. Casa Ferreirinha is part of the Sogrape group, a large portfolio of vineyards and wineries in Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Chile and New Zealand.

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Other Varieties

Other Varieties

There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.

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When is a wine ready to drink?

We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.

Not ready

These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.

Ready - youthful

These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.

Ready - at best

These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.

Ready - mature

These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.