Odisseia Wines Port
The man behind Odisseia Wines is Jean-Hugues Gros, the creator of the first wines from Quinta das Heredias. As the quinta changed hands in late 2006, Jean-Hugues decided it was time to move onto pastures new, and to devote more of his time to his Odsseia wine label, which he began in 2004.
Jean-Hugues has had an illustrious career in the wine industry. He studied oenology in Bordeaux and trained with Antonin Rodet in the Cote Challonaise and at Domaine Jacques Prieur in the Cote d’Or in the early 1990’s. Working with these two prestigious properties allowed him to experience the many different terroirs of the region and the effects they have on the finished wines. In 1993 he moved back to Portugal and spent 16 months studying at Sandeman.
In order to broaden his knowledge of viticulture and vinification techniques, Jean-Huughes travelled far and wide during the mid to late 1990’s. These included stays in California, Morocco, Bordeaux and finally the Champagne region. Finally he returned once again to Portugal and in 1999 began his association with Quinta das Heredias.
Jean-Hugues makes a number of still wines from the Douro under this label but it is the Ruby Port which we are most excited about. The grapes are specially selected from Vines owned by the Quinta de Baldias, where Jean-Hugues is the consultant wine maker. The blend of the Ruby Port is made up of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinot Barroca. Vinification takes place in stainless steel tanks with constant pumping over to extract the maximum colour and flavour from the must. The wine is then aged in a combination of large wooden tanks (40%) and stainless steel tanks (60%). A final blend is then made by adding this wine to a 5 year old base wine, so that the final product is a port of deep colour, mixing the complexity of the wood aged wine with the freshness of the younger wine.
Jean-Hugues has had an illustrious career in the wine industry. He studied oenology in Bordeaux and trained with Antonin Rodet in the Cote Challonaise and at Domaine Jacques Prieur in the Cote d’Or in the early 1990’s. Working with these two prestigious properties allowed him to experience the many different terroirs of the region and the effects they have on the finished wines. In 1993 he moved back to Portugal and spent 16 months studying at Sandeman.
In order to broaden his knowledge of viticulture and vinification techniques, Jean-Huughes travelled far and wide during the mid to late 1990’s. These included stays in California, Morocco, Bordeaux and finally the Champagne region. Finally he returned once again to Portugal and in 1999 began his association with Quinta das Heredias.
Jean-Hugues makes a number of still wines from the Douro under this label but it is the Ruby Port which we are most excited about. The grapes are specially selected from Vines owned by the Quinta de Baldias, where Jean-Hugues is the consultant wine maker. The blend of the Ruby Port is made up of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinot Barroca. Vinification takes place in stainless steel tanks with constant pumping over to extract the maximum colour and flavour from the must. The wine is then aged in a combination of large wooden tanks (40%) and stainless steel tanks (60%). A final blend is then made by adding this wine to a 5 year old base wine, so that the final product is a port of deep colour, mixing the complexity of the wood aged wine with the freshness of the younger wine.
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Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinto Barroca [more details]
£11.58 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
£62.53 case of 6 (inc VAT, duty paid)
£10.42 per bottle
£10.42 per bottle
£38.61 case of 6 (in bond, excluding VAT & duty
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£6.44 per bottle
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