This wine is released only in extraordinary years, rare and unique, unparalleled in enabling the best of what the Douro region has to offer to be enjoyed.
Created in 1960 by Fernando Nicolau de Almeida, Reserva Especial has only 18 editions, each presenting a distinct profile while revealing the same identity and origin: the Douro Superior.
2014 Reserva Especial is the latest release of this great red wine from the Douro, a new vintage produced under the complete supervision and responsibility of Luís Sottomayor. According to Sogrape head winemaker in the Douro, “This is a wine that stands out for its elegance, resulting from a moderate climate year with good maturation, as well as for its excellent volume, intense acidity, firm tannins, and an extremely long and complex finish.” Vinified at Quinta da Leda in Almendra, the blend mainly consists of carefully selected estate-grown grapes, from a property currently encompassing around 170 hectares of vineyards. Sottomayor adds that by showcasing an intense aroma, highlighting hints of spices, truffles, sous-bois, and black fruits, and through its rocky character with traces of cocoa, 2014 Reserva Especial is “one to linger in memory.”
This incredible fine wine is regarded as the ‘Latour of the Douro’.
However, the Casa Ferreirinha ‘Reserva Especial’ really is a ‘special reserve’ in every sense of the two words, as it is essentially a declassified Barca-Velha. Made in the exact same way as Barca-Velha and with many of the hallmarks of Portugal’s ‘First Growth’, the ‘Reserva Especial’ represents tremendous value, for such an incredible fine wine
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