Cockburn's - Fine Ruby Port

Cockburn's - Fine Ruby Port

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THE EASY-GOING, UP-FOR-ANYTHING YOUNGSTER.

The cheeky, punch-packing ripe fruit of our Fine Ruby Port makes it the perfect Port for everyday, informal occasions. It’s versatile.

WINEMAKING

We blend several young wines from a few different years to give our Fine Ruby the richness and the fresh fruit that you would expect of a zesty young Port. It is then matured for a few years in large vats, which gives it both its lovely softness and its ripe red fruits flavours. It also keeps the intense, deep purple colour of a nice and bright young Port.

HOW TO SERVE

Cockburn’s Fine Ruby Port can be drunk in almost any way you can imagine. As a result, it has always been a very popular wine. Serve it slightly cool or at room temperature in a generous glass.

FOOD PAIRING

It pairs perfectly with cheeses or chocolate cake. Once opened, it will stay fresh for up to six weeks, so you have plenty of time to enjoy.

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Cockburn's

In 1815, the Scotsman Robert Cockburn and his brother John, already successful wine merchants in Leith near Edinburgh, set up a branch of their firm in Porto: R & J Cockburn’s. They had many business partners through the years. And like all of the early Port companies the name changed. Eventually coming to be known as Cockburn’s & Co: the name that survives today.
 
The Cockburn family continued to run the company until well into the twentieth century. Other families though joined the extended family of Cockburn’s & Co during this time. The Wauchopes, the Smithes, the Teages and the Cobbs were amongst them. The Cockburn’s & Co family thus gradually swelled to include some of the finest winemakers and Port tasters that the trade has ever known.
 
Together, the Cockburn’s & Co family built themselves a remarkable reputation for fine Vintage Port. The records at the London auction houses show that in the early twentieth century, Cockburn’s Vintage Ports commanded the highest prices of any Port house.

Ruby Port is the freshest and least complex of fortified wines, deep red in colour and filled with sweet flavours of red fruits. Ruby Port is made from wine produced from a blend of red grapes, fortified and aged no more than three years to maintain its fresh flavour and brilliant colour.


--------THE REGION--------

Douro Valley

The Douro Valley is by far the most important and well-known region in all of Portugal. It has the longest history of winemaking as well. The Douro is practically synonymous with Port - the fortified wine that is made in the region, though in recent years 'table wine' has become modernised and more popular.