Quinta Da Vacaria Rosé Porto Porto

Description

The Quinta da Vacaria, one of the oldest estates in the region (first record dates to 1616), is located on the banks of the Douro River near the town of Régua, in the heart of the world’s oldest demarcated wine region, the Douro. At the estate’s dock, Rabelo boats would berth to load the barrels full of Port wine and carry them to Gaia at the mouth of the river, where they were sold wholesale worldwide. The barrels were not even stamped with the producer’s seal, so the wine’s identity was effectively hidden. In Gaia, the wine was bottled and labeled with the name of the foreign merchants who bought it; some of these brands later gained considerable prestige. The year of bottling may not correspond to the image shown. (Illustrative image only)