Winemaker Notes
Quinta da Leda 2014 is a very deep ruby color. It has an aroma of great intensity and complexity with notes of red and black fruits, balsamic, resin and cedar standing out. Slight mentholated and spicy notes also stand out, such as pepper, slight cocoa and chocolate, as the result of good maturity and discreet, very well-integrated wood. On the palate, it has excellent volume, well integrated acidity and good quality tannins. Red and black fruits are well represented, and it has a slight shrubby taste and a very long and harmonious finish.
Its elegant and complex profile ensures it pairs perfectly with fine meats, game and strong and intense cheeses.
Blend: 60% Touriga Franca, 15% Touriga Nacional, 15% Tinto Cao, 10% Tinta Roriz
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The story of Casa Ferreirinha is inextricably associated with one extraordinary woman: Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira was born in 1811 in the country town of Régua, the gateway to the wines of the Douro Valley. Though small in stature and reserved by nature, Dona Antónia was a charismatic visionary with entrepreneurial drive. In 1845 at age 33, she took over her family’s business, Ferreira Port, the first Portuguese family owned Port House in the Douro. During her tenure at Ferreira Port, Dona Antónia expanded her estates, created new expanses of terraced vineyards and improved the hard lives of the local farming families.
She was affectionally called 'Ferreirinha’ – ‘the little Ferreira’. Dona Antónia’s legacy and quest for excellence continues to be a fundamental pillar of Casa Ferreirinha.
In the 1950’s, Ferreira's technical director, Fernando Nicolau de Almeida, set out to make the highest quality unfortified wines in the Douro. His aim was to produce elegant, top-quality wines with the aging potential of Vintage Port. In 1952, Barca Velha was born, an iconic wine made only in exceptional vintages combining the best grapes from the Douro Superior with grapes sourced at high altitudes.
A Douro Valley pioneer and leader, Casa Ferreirinha has carried the torch for creative, quality winemaking in the Douro becoming the region’s most historic and iconic house. Casa Ferreirinha wines range from easy-drinking Esteva and Planalto through the richer Papa Figos and Vinha Grande to the exceptional Quinta da Leda, Reserva Especial, and Barca-Velha which remains one of Portugal’s most famous, long-lived, elegant and complex wines.
A story in every bottle.