Casa Ferreirinha Vinha Grande Rose 2015 750 ML

The story of Casa Ferreirinha is inextricably associated with one extraordinary woman: Dona Antonia Adelaide Ferreira who was born in 1811 in the country town of Regua, the gateway to the wines of the Douro Valley. Though small in stature and reserved by nature, Dona Antonia 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 Antonia expanded her estates, created new expanses of terraced vineyards and improved the hard lives of the local farming families.nnShe was affectionally called ‘Ferreirinha’ – ‘the little Ferreira’. Dona Antonia’s legacy and quest for excellence continues to be a fundamental pillar of Casa Ferreirinha.nnIn 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 that combines the best grapes from the Douro Superior with grapes sourced at high altitudes.