MINIATURES . FINE PORT WINES
A UNIQUE COLLECTION THAT STAYS IN MEMORY
Through these Miniatures, you will experience a part of Port Wine history and a family's identity. And the dream goes on...
In the vineyards of Quinta do Cachão, owned by the Messias family since 1956, remain the five noble Douro varieties - Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão - from which Messias Ports are born, famous for their quality, balance and elegance.
THE PORT, ONE BY ONE...
MESSIAS PORT
TAWNY
Winemaker Ana Urbano
Tasting Notes Sweet tawny Port. Aroma to red fruits jam, combined with slight wood with vanilla hints.
Winemaking Process Fermentation with partial de stemming at a controlled temperature (24-28 oC). Fermentation interrupted by the adding of brandy. Maturation in wooden casks till bottling.
Grape Varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
Serving Temperature 14-16 ºC
MESSIAS PORT
RUBY
Winemaker Ana Urbano
Tasting Notes Wine of young character, well aromatic with notes of fresh and red fruits. Pleasant final.
Winemaking Process Fermentation at a controlled temperature and interrupted by the adding of brandy.
Grape Varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz
Serving Temperature 12-14 ºC
MESSIAS PORT
WHITE DRY
Winemaker Ana Urbano
Tasting Notes Golden dry white; delicate wood with notes of dry fruits, prevailing pine nut and a slight resin.
Winemaking Process Pelicular maceration; fermentation at a controlled temperature (18-20ºC). Fermentation interrupted by the adding of brandy.
Grape Varieties Malvasia Fina, Rabigato, Códega
Serving Temperature 6-8ºC
MESSIAS PORT
COLHEITA 2008
Winemaker Ana Urbano
Tasting Notes Brick color wine. On the nose have aromas of dried fruit with touch of spices. On the palate is balanced with soft tannins and a pleasant freshness. Long and elegant finish.
Winemaking Process Single harvest wine fermented in granite wine presses; when the must reaches the desired sweetness levels, its fermentation is interrupted by the adding of brandy. Ageing in oak wood barrels for a minimum period of seven years, in our warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia, until bottling.
Grape Varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
Serving Temperature 10-12 ºC
MESSIAS PORT
10 ANOS
Winemaker Ana Urbano
Tasting Notes Tawny colour. Rich and complex aroma, with notes of dry fruits. Velvety and full at taste, retaining a pleasant freshness. Long final.
Winemaking Process Wine fermented with partial destemming at a controlled temperature (24-28ºC); when the must reaches the desired sweetness value, its fermentation is interrupted by the adding of brandy. This 10 Year Old Port is a wine obtained by blending wines from different harvests aged in oak wood for 10 years.
Grape Varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz
Serving Temperature 10-12 ºC
MESSIAS PORT
LBV 2017
Winemaker Ana Urbano
Tasting Notes LBV 2017 is an intense ruby colored wine, with an aroma rich in ripe red berries and some chocolate notes. In the mouth it has a good freshness with young tannins that give it a long and elegant finish.
Winemaking Process Partial de-stemming, fermentation at controlled temperature (24o-28ºC). When the must reached its desired sweetness value, the fermentation was interrupted by the adding of brandy; afterwards, there was a period of maturation in oak barrels, in the warehouses of Vila Nova de Gaia; after approval it was bottled between the fourth and the sixth year.
Grape Varieties Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão
Serving Temperature 14-16 ºC
SAIBA MAIS SOBRE NÓS
The history of the company began on November 19, 1926, when Messias Baptista registered as a sole trader.
At the beginning, it was dedicated to the trade of table wines and brandies in the country, becoming, in 1929, the largest supplier of wine brandies to the Port Wine trade and to the Douro farming, for the benefit of the wine of the Douro Region.
At that time, his business instinct and strategic vision came to the fore: financially fulfilled and recognized both nationally and internationally, Messias Baptista could, as many did, limit himself to hoarding material results, but such an orientation did not harmonize with the his temperament – ??on the contrary, his objective was already to carry out the work that had occupied his thoughts for some time: to achieve a wine producing organization that would contribute to the aggrandizement of his Land and to the prestige of Portuguese wines in world markets.
Officially registered as an exporter since 1934, long before that he already owned large warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia, where he kept a deposit of never less than 2,000 barrels of old wines. Such a stock was motivated by the need to guarantee the same types of wine, and therefore, every year, at selected Quintas within the Douro Demarcated Region, Messias Baptista made enough wines to maintain that stock, an irrefutable guarantee of a house that has always had as a rule to defend the good credit of the firm and its products, not only in Portugal, but also abroad.
It is in these warehouses in Vila Nova de Gaia that, even today, the Messias Port Wine is bottled, in an area of ??approximately 10,000 square meters. A branch and export follow-up sector are also located here. On January 2, 1953 the company was transformed into a public limited company, changing its name to Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial dos Vinhos Messias, S.A.
Later, between 1956 and 1958, Messias acquired, in the Douro Region, the Quinta do Cachão (Estate of Cachão) and Quinta do Rei (Estate of Rei), an area of approximately 200 hectares where facilities covering more than 5,000 square meters are still located today for the manufacture, storage and aging of wines from the Region. Messias Baptista managed the company until 1973, having died the following year.
The administration of MESSIAS is, even today, ensured by the descendants of the 3rd and 4th generations of the family. Messias continues to produce and sell wines from the main demarcated regions: Bairrada, Douro, Dão, Vinho Verde and Port Wine. The company is also recognized for the high quality of its sparkling wines, faithfully produced using the traditional method, and brandies.
Messias is one of the few groups that has a complete range of wine products from the best Portuguese regions and from its own Estates. The most demanding foreign markets recognize the quality of the company’s products, as around 65% of its production is exported to the five continents.