Krohn Reserve Ruby NV 79.95

Krohn Reserve Ruby NV 79.95This concentrated and classy Reserva Port is 'premium Ruby' in style. It has a smaller production, is made from a more premium selection of grapes, and spends an additional year or more ageing. Grapes are sourced from Krohn's Quinta do Retiro Novo estate and neighbouring vineyards in the Rio Torto valley near Pinhao. Fermentation is in temperature controlled stainless steel vats, which is interrupted by the addition of grape spirit to preserve a

the wine is racked

It is a blend of 40% Malbec

Complex wine

The clear wine is then racked to 2nd and 3rd year American and Russian oak barrels for 24 months maturation before blending and bottling

The initial aromas are dominated with fragrant red fruits over spices and liquorice/earthy notes

when Madeira wines were used as victuals for ship's companies

only very high-quality harvests become a vintage: the 2014 vintage gave rise to a wine that is simultaneously precise

a sixth-generation blender

The juicy fruit brings a caressing

roast pork with wine and spice reduction

this is a wine with great balance

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