Ramos Pinto Port

Founded in 1880 by Adriano Ramos-Pinto this famous house was taken over in 1990 when Champagne Louis Roederer became the majority shareholder. Four Ramos Pinto Quintas are situated in the Cima-Corgo and the Douro Superior. These vineyards provide the majority of grapes in order to have maximum control over the quality of the wines and thereby maintaining their philosophy of controlling all stages of production.

Five grape varieties are used, Touruga Nacional, Touriga Francesca, Tinto Barocca, Tinto Cao and Roriz. The house has carried out extensive research into vine varieties for Port production and their findings have been accepted as the official recommendations by the authorities.

Ramos Pinto pioneered the study and use of vertical planting - which has since led to the mechanisation of the vineyards and was the first house in the Duoro to plant a whole Quinta with selected grape varieties.