Ramos Pinto Port Winery Guide

Wines produced

• Ramos- Pinto Quinta da Ervamoira

  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Touriga Franca (Touriga Francesa)
  • Touriga Nacional
  Single Quinta port from the winery's experimental vineyard. Here, 240 acres of vines are planted vertically, a departure from the traditional terraced rows stepping horizontally up the steep slopes rising from the river. Touriga Nacional (30%); Tinta Roriz (30%); Tinta Barroca (25%), and Touriga Francesa (15%) and Aged in wood for 10 years.
• Ramos- Pinto Porto Superior Tawny

  • Tinto Cao
  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • 19.5% Alc
  Wood-aged ports are blended from several vintages and several quintas. Unlike the majority of port shippers, Ramos-Pinto owns almost all its own vineyards and controls grape quality from pruning to harvest. Made with Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cao and aged for a minimum of four years in traditional wooden pipes before bottling. Alc. 19.5%.
• Ramos- Pinto The Collector

  • Dessert wine
  • 19.5% Alc
  An unfiltered vintage character port, it’s a blend of several excellent vintages aged in wood for about six years. The wine is produced with grapes mainly from the Quinta da Urtiga, located in the Cima-Cargo sub-region on the left bank of the River Douro in the Torto Valley. This 37-acre vineyard is home to 30-year-old vines mixed varietals. Goes perfectly with sweet dark chocolate. Alc. 19.5%.
• Ramos- Pinto Lagrima Port

  • Códega
  • Rabigato
  • 19.5% Alc
  Made from extremely ripe grapes which provide body and density to the wine. Unusual composition of grape including: Malvasia Fina, Codega, and Rabigato. After fermentation with skin contact, which confers an intense golden color, the wine is aged for four years in traditional wooden pipes. Alc. 19.5%.
• Ramos- Pinto Porto Fine Ruby

  • Tinta Barroca
  • 19.5% Alc
  Youthful style Port comprised of principally Touriga Francesco and Tinta Barroca, two varietals that produce a beautiful, lively color. Aged for three years in large chestnut casks. Contact with the air is minimized to prevent oxidation and preserve the wine's youthful ruby-red hue. This method of maturation also retains the wine's deep fruit aromas and flavors, allowing it to be both velvety and youthful. Alc. 19.5%.
• Ramos- Pinto Quinta do Bom Retiro

  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinto Cao
  • 20% Alc
  TThis single Quinta is in the Cima-Corgo sub-region on the banks of the Douro at the mouth of the River Torto. Here, 120 acres of 25 year old pre-phyloxera vines grow in stony soil between a native forest reserve and groves of olive and almond trees. Comprised of Tinta Barroca (25%); Touriga Francesca (15%), Tinto Câo (2%), and mixed old vines (28%) it’s aged 20 years in wood. Alc. 20%.
• Ramos-Pinto Vintage Porto

  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Touriga Nacional
  • 18 months in barrel
  In the making of their vintage port, the finest wines of the Quintas are selected, Bom Retiro and Ervamoira, to create a full-bodied, intensely fruity and complex wine. Made with Touriga Nacional (60%), Tinta Roriz (15%) Tinta Barroca (10%) and other older varietals (15%) and aged for a minimum of 18 months in oak or chestnut casks.
• Ramos-Pinto Porto Fine White

  • Códega
  • 19.4% Alc
  White Port made from Malvasia Fina and Codega. After fermentation with pumping over for increased skin contact (which confers an intense golden color and more complex flavors and aromas), the wine is aged for three years in traditional wooden pipes. Ready to drink and a fantastic aperitif. Alc. 19.4%.
• Ramos Pinto LBV

  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Touriga Nacional
  • 19.5% Alc
  Single-vintage blend that has been aged for four to six years in oak casks, unlike a vintage port which ages only two years in wood before bottling. As a result of this extended wood contact, LBV ports have mature, fruity flavors at a younger age. Made of Tinta Roriz (55%), Touriga Nacional (30%), Tinta Barroca (15%). It is crushed by foot in the traditional way in concrete lagars, to obtain maximum body and color. Alc. 19.5%.
• Ramos Pinto 30-Year Tawny

  • 19.9% Alc
  Made from Ramos-Pinto's estate vineyards in the best production zones of the Delimited Douro Region, the 30-Year Tawny is a blend of wines that have been aging in oak for an average of three decades in the winery's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. Mixed Douro varietals from Ramos-Pinto's highest ranked estate vineyards. Foot tread and fermented in traditional granite lagares and then aged in oak for 30 years and kept in-bottle for several months before being released to market. Alc. 19.9%.
• Ramos-Pinto Duas Quintas Tinto

  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Touriga Franca (Touriga Francesa)
  • Touriga Nacional
  • 12% Alc
  Red table wine from the Douro, Duas Quintas is a blend of grapes from two very special Ramos-Pinto vineyards. Grapes selected from two quintas: Quinta da Ervamoira and Quinta dos Bon Ares. Touriga Francesa (40%), Tinta Roriz (40%), and Touriga Nacional, the Douro's most noble varietal (20%). Aged for six months, 50% in oak casks and 50% in steel vats. Alc. 12%.
• Ramos-Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva

  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Nacional
  • 12% Alc
  • 18 months in barrel
  A selection of the very best grapes selected from two quintas: Quinta da Ervamoira and Quinta dos Bon Ares. Varietal used are 66% Touriga Nacional, the most noble varietal of the Douro, and 34% Tinta Barroca. 100% of blend aged in new oak casks for 18 months. The wine is then aged an additional two years in-bottle before release. Alc. 12%.