Fernando Pessoa Belletrist Tawny Port

A quality Tawny Port wine that pays tribute to the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. Blondy red, with an aroma of red fruit jam well balanced with wood and hints of vanilla. Harmonious and persistent.

This Port is a limited edition containing a numbered A3 serigraphy, of only 1000 units, and signed by the artist Herculano da Costa, watercolour painter, journalist and film actor, with participations in films by the director António-Pedro Vasconcelos, being the original version of this work an acrylic painting, "Fernando Pessoa - The Portuguese diaspora", which was part of the scenario of the film Km 224.

Until 1756, the production of "shipping wines", as Port Wines were called at the time, followed the old winemaking process. The fortification, always in small quantities, only took place after fermentation was over, resulting in dry wines.

In 1820, the modern fortification process appeared, in which alcoholic fermentation was stopped, resulting in sweet wines. This elaboration process only became widespread in 1852, when Port Wines started to resemble the current ones.

This being the case, Port Wine is a fortified wine, produced in the Douro Demarcated Region, under peculiar conditions derived from natural and human factors. The elaboration process, based on tradition, includes stopping the fermentation of the must by the addition of grape spirit, the blending of wines, and, subsequently, ageing.

Port Wines are classified into different categories according to the type of ageing, varying between Ruby, Tawny, White, and Rose styles.

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