Kopke – 10 Year Old White Port
Kopke is the oldest Port house in Portugal.
Kopke was founded in 1638 by two Germans, Cristiano and Nicolaus Kopke.
In 2013, Porto Kopke celebrated 375 years of continuous production of fine wine from its famous Quinta São Luiz. The house offers excellent examples of cask-aged and bottled-aged ports. Most wines are available in full and half bottles and showcase the distinctive hand-painted bottles long the tradition in the Port region. Additionally, Kopke is the global leader for Colheita, also known as “single year tawny ports”.
These vintage dated ports rank among the top releases, since grapes are harvested from very old vines (up to 100 years old) yielding small amounts of very intense fruit from Kopke’s famous Font Santa vineyard at the Quinta São Luiz with its many gold-medal winning vintages.
White port is a lovely aperitif. It has an appealing gold colour and is both elegant and complex, with aromas of spice, prevailing notes of dried fruit and elegant hints of wood. Smooth and round on the palate, it shows complexity amidst intense flavours of dried fruit. An excellent finish.
