Offley Rosé Port

Offley Rosé Port is bright pink in colour. The nose is bursting with aromas of ripe strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants. On the palate, the sweetness is perfectly balanced by a refreshing acidity which carries the juicy fruit flavours onto the crisp and elegant finish.

schist soils

The Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Barroca grapes for the Offley Rosé Port are sourced from prime vineyard sites in the Cima Corgo region including the Quinta do Sairrão estate, which boasts higher altitude vineyards at up to 600m above sea level. Grapes grown at this altitude benefit from a wide diurnal temperature range, with hot days counteracted by cool nights, and the grapes undergo an ideal slow ripening process, accumulating great flavour intensity whilst retaining acidity. The steep vineyards here are on schist soils with vines planted in both "vinha ao alto" vertical rows and "patamar" terraces.

Upon arrival at the winery, the hand-picked grapes are destemmed, gently crushed and pressed. Unlike other Ports which undergo a vigorous treading on the skins to extract colour and tannin, there is only a very brief maceration on the skins before the juice is racked off the skins and then fermented in temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats to preserve freshness. The ferment is closely monitored to determine the ideal moment to halt the fermentation by fortification with grape spirit, leaving some of the grapes’ natural sugars. The Offley Rosé Port is unoaked and remains in stainless-steel until bottling, again to preserve the vibrancy and freshness of the fruit flavours.

The Offley Rosé Port is unoaked and remains in stainless-steel until bottling, again to preserve the vibrancy and freshness of the fruit flavours.