Rozes was founded in Bordeaux in 1855, by Ostende Rozes, a fine wine dealer who started by importing and marketing Port Wines. His son, Edmond Rozes, created the brand "Porto Rozes", choosing at the same time a "Portuguese bottle shape" that would simultaneously allow the brand and port to be identified. Rozes was the first Port Wine exporting group to settle in the Douro Valley, one of the oldest AOC in the world (demarcated in 1756) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. Rozes has a centuries-old history linked to the Douro and its reputation is based on our constant concern for expressing the full intensity, richness and complexity of our wines. All the vines in the Rozes vineyard are A-rated, the best quality on a A to F scale. Quinta de Monsul, a Rozes estate in the Douro Valley, has ultra modern facilities used for the entire winemaking process. After grapes picking, pellicular maceration occurs in "lagares" (shallow treading tanks) and then alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The key step for the elaboration of port wines is the interruption of fermentation by the addition of a neutral distilled grape spirit at 77% ABV. Rozes produces red & white ports, vintage, tawny or old ports, blends of selected wines & selected harvests. They are sold once they're approved and get certification from IVDP (Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto). Showing touches of wood aging while keeping plenty of red fruits, this is a fruity, spicy wine. Prune flavors balance the wine's acidity with sweetness.\n \n Producer Information\n \n A company of the Vranken Pommery Monopole Group since 1999, Rozès has a secular history linked to the Douro, having been the first group to settle in the Douro Demarcated Region, Rozès has been consolidating its presence in the national and international markets by introducing the vineyards to the aging and bottling of the wines should be highlighted. Established in Bordeaux in 1855 by Ostende Rozès, a fine wine dealer from that city, Rozès began importing and trading Port Wine. In the next generation, the son of the founder, Edmond Rozés, was the great promoter of the development and reputation of the company and its Port wines. Around the 1930s, Edmond created the "Porto Rozès" brand selecting at the same time a bottle shape that would simultaneously identify the brand and the Port wine. This selection resulted in an "old school Portuguese" bottle, with a bottleneck wrapped in sulphurous paper and a cork sealed with wax. Thus, Port wines assumed such a distinctive and charismatic identify and rapidly gained the status of quality wines. After more than one hundred years and four generations later in 1977, Casa Rozès ceased to belong to the family that gave it its name. Presently, the Rozès brand exports to more than 40 countries worldwide having as main markets France, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia. It is the only brand of Port Wine that offers two completely different ranges: the tradition representes by the Rozès Classic Ports brand and the innovation represented by the Rozès Colours Collection brand. The wines of the Vranken Pommery Monopole group are sold in Portugal by Rozès, namely its Champagnes, and have been conquering visibility due to the quality and innovation of its wines and respective packaging.
