Offley
Ruby Porto Port Blend
Porto, Douro, Portugal
For the birthday girls dessert, we had dense fudge frosted chocolate cake and cherry pie.
So, how do you pair both with one wine? Port is too heavy for cherry pie, yet perfect for dense chocolate frosted cake. So, Ruby Port to the rescue.
It starts with nice ripe bright light red and medium dark red fruits to support the cherry pie and just enough chocolate darkness and tannin structure to fit densely frost fudge cake.
While this gets an 8.8, everyone enjoyed it with the desserts but, came back for seconds (including me) and a couple had thirds. Easy drinker & crowd pleaser. Technically an 8.8 on the all around scale but, higher on the enjoyment scale.
Happy Birthday Christina & Hedy!
Photos of; the river that divides the Port Houses and city center in Oporto. Port house of Offley and the old river boats that carried the port barrels from the Douro Valley into Oporto for aging.
For the birthday girls dessert, we had dense fudge frosted chocolate cake and cherry pie.
So, how do you pair both with one wine? Port is too heavy for cherry pie, yet perfect for dense chocolate frosted cake. So, Ruby Port to the rescue.
It starts with nice ripe bright light red and medium dark red fruits to support the cherry pie and just enough chocolate darkness and tannin structure to fit densely frost fudge cake.
While this gets an 8.8, everyone enjoyed it with the desserts but, came back for seconds (including me) and a couple had thirds. Easy drinker & crowd pleaser. Technically an 8.8 on the all around scale but, higher on the enjoyment scale.
Happy Birthday Christina & Hedy!
Photos of; the river that divides the Port Houses and city center in Oporto. Port house of Offley and the old river boats that carried the port barrels from the Douro Valley into Oporto for aging.
Great port wine! Pairs wonderfully with chocolate covered coffee beans or craberries
Great port wine! Pairs wonderfully with chocolate covered coffee beans or craberries
Feb 27th, 2022
No soy aficionado al oporto. Pero esta se parece más al vino normal
No soy aficionado al oporto. Pero esta se parece más al vino normal
Nov 11th, 2015Nice strawberry fruit port. Kick of heat with alcohol but finish is lovely and mellow.
Nice strawberry fruit port. Kick of heat with alcohol but finish is lovely and mellow.
Apr 14th, 2014L'Espelier, Back Bay. Lovely ruby port, perfect for finishing wine tour.
L'Espelier, Back Bay. Lovely ruby port, perfect for finishing wine tour.
Mar 17th, 2014
Good Porto, bought it because there were no Sandeman
Good Porto, bought it because there were no Sandeman
Dec 1st, 2013
