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Discover the secrets of the world-famous Port Wine in the oldest winery in Portugal!
Explore the Real Companhia Velha wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia and taste their best Port Wines. Learn about every wine-making tradition and the company's history.
The cherry on top of your visit to the magic city of Porto!
Visit the Port Wine cellars of the oldest wine company in Portugal!
Travel through more than 260 years of history of the Real Companhia Velha.
Taste the company's best Port Wines in the cellar's historic area.
Learn about the Douro Region on a guided tour that will be the highlight or your day!
LANGUAGE
Portuguese, Spanish, French or English
MEETING POINT
Rua Azevedo Magalhães, Vila Nova de Gaia
SCHEDULES
AM: 10H15; 11H15; 12H15
PM: 2h45; 3h45 ; 4:45
DURATION
From 45 minutes to 2 hours
Founded in 1756 by Royal Charter of King D. José I, Real Companhia Velha, also known as Royal Oporto Wine Company, is the oldest and most emblematic wine company in Portugal.
The centenary cellars of Real Companhia Velha are located in Vila Nova de Gaia on the opposite side to Oporto, precisely on the left bank of the Douro river.
These cellars store a vast and unique selection of Tawny Ports – aged in oak barrels -, as well as the family’s private cellar holding over 16.000 rare bottles of Vintage Port, in which the oldest bottle dates back to 1765, preserving the prestige and reputation this house enjoys over 260 years.
Deep in the silence of our cellars, Ports rest in noble oak barrels, an artefact made by the hand of skilled coopers that have worked with the Company for many generations. Asleep in an unique environment, the barrels and vats for Port are lost in time... 10... 20... 100 years...! ... The time necessary for each Port to achieve its exact point of maturation.
The tour begins with a video showing the art of making Port, since its birth in the vineyards of the Douro Valley to its ageing, bottling and shipping in Vila Nova de Gaia. The tour continues to the main ageing cellar, with a stop at the "Vintage Museum" and finishing at our Wine shop or the heart of our historic ageing cellar with a tasting of Ports, which vary according to the selected option.
TASTINGS
Classic Tour (45 minutes): Sweet or Dry White, Ruby or Tawny, Rosé Port and an aged 10 Years Old Tawny.
Premium Tour (45 minutes): Sweet or Dry White Port, Late Bottled Vintage, Reserve Tawny and a 20 Years Old Tawny.
Founders Tour (1h30): Sweet or Dry White Port and the 10, 20 and 40 Years Old Tawnies.
Colheitas Tour (2 hours): Sweet or Dry White Port and the Selection 4 old Single-Harvest Tawnies.
No cancellation fee if you cancel until 24 hours prior to the activity date.
Cancellations less than 24 hours or no show, a fee of 100% will be charge.
The itinerary may be subject to changes without prior notice due to local circumstances or events
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