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NV Founder’s Reserve Ruby Porto, Douro

Pair this wine with:
Cheese

Category: Ruby Port

Date Tasted:
Country: Portugal
Alcohol: 20%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$24.99
2022 Best Ruby Port

Sandeman
NV Founder’s Reserve Ruby Porto, Douro

Pair this wine with:
Cheese

Category: Ruby Port

Date Tasted:
Country: Portugal
Alcohol: 20%
Black garnet color. Aromas and flavors of candied plums, blue cotton candy, roasted and candied sweet peppers, and menthol and cedar plank with a syrupy, vibrant, sweet full body and a warming, complex, very long finish displaying notes of chocolate graham cracker with cherry preserves, dried cherries and roasted vanilla glazed pecans, and apple cinnamon toast with soft tannins and a suggestion of oak flavor. An excellent after dinner Port to pair with a mild Maduro cigar, flourless chocolate cake, or blue cheese.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity
Aroma Aroma: candied plums, blue cotton candy, roasted and candied sweet peppers, and menthol and cedar plank
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of chocolate graham cracker with cherry preserves, dried cherries and roasted vanilla glazed pecans, and apple cinnamon toast
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food and on its own
Recipes Pairing: Blue Cheese, Gorgonzola, Roquefort
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An excellent after dinner Port to pair with a mild Maduro cigar, flourless chocolate cake, or blue cheese.
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Pernod Ricard USA

The Producer or Importer
250 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10177
USA
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Ruby Port

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Serve in a Port Wine Glass
About
Ruby Port
Ruby port is a traditional fortified wine from Portugal that is the basic, most inexpensive expression of Oporto approved by the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto, which regulates the production and the use of the term Port or Oporto. Ruby ports are of course red and sweet, around 20% alcohol by volume, and are best enjoyed after dinner, in cocktails like a Flip, or with blue cheeses.

Sandeman NV Founder’s Reserve Ruby Porto, Douro rating was calculated by to be 93 points out of 100 on 6/9/2022. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.