The GOLDEN WHITE will always be a category, an elite Port, related with the brand DALVA and House C. da Silva (Vinhos) S.A.
The most emblematic White Port wine, internacionaly recognized and acclaimed by the most prestigious Wine critics, DALVA GOLDEN WHITE 1952 will be eternally recognized as an historic milestone, the breaking point for White Ports, a Port category known as a the baseline of Port wines, with an instantaneos idea of drinking it in tumbler as a cocktail or Port tonic... but why ?
The White Ports, with different sugar levels, have iniciated its trading in the eighties, always like an aperitif with almost any complexity, lower than its brothers Tawny and Ruby of Premium quality (Late Bottled Vintage; Vintage; Colheita and Aged Tawny).
In 2005, the DALVA GOLDEN WHITE 1952 rowed against a very strong tide, initiating a remarkable path, considered today the White Ports flagship.
A single harvest White Port, previously known as blending Ports with an average about ten years old and aged in huge oak or stainless stell vats.
The DALVA GOLDEN WHITE 1952 has initiated and its being kept in small seasoned french oak pipes, maturing as a single harvest Tawny or Aged Tawny trough an evaporating and oxidative process.
But, beyond the inovating concept, investiment, and a long ageing process, the most extraordinary characteristic is on the tasting.
The aromatic concentration is the remarkable and exciting, silky texture, an amazing bouquet... caramel, baked pear, caramelized orange, stewed figs, cinnamon, walnuts, sweet spices... really intense and unforgettable !
In 2009, with a sucess inherited by its ancestor, C. da Silva has launched a new GOLDEN WHITE, harvested in 1963.
A serious commitment of launching a GOLDEN WHITE per decade, whith a new surprise for 2012, the promissed GOLDEN WHITE harvested in the seventies.
Gonçalo Devesas
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