Tinto Cão

**Tinto Cão** is a red grape native to Portugal's Douro Valley, counted among the classic varieties permitted for Port and increasingly valued for dry table wines. Its name translates roughly as "red dog," and it is prized for the finesse and freshness it lends to blends. **In the glass** — it tends toward elegance rather than power, offering fragrant red fruit, floral notes and fine spice, with firm acidity and refined tannins that give lift and length. **Where it grows** — the Douro is its stronghold, both for fortified Port and for the region's growing range of dry reds, and it is also planted more modestly in the Dão. Because it ripens late and yields little, plantings remain limited. **At the table** — pairs well with roasted meats, game and hearty stews. **Cellaring** — its structure and acidity make it a fine component for long-lived wines, contributing to blends built to age for many years.

Wines

• 10 Year Old Tawny Port — Taylor Fladgate
• Churchill's Vintage Port Quinta da Agua Alta — Churchill Graham Lda
• Dow's 20 Year Old Tawny Porto — Dow's (Silva & Cosens)
• Fabelhaft Tinto — Niepoort
• Feuerheerd — Feuerheerd
• Fine Tawny Port — Dow's
• Fonseca Bin No. 27 Finest Reserve — Fonseca Guimaraens
• Glassport — Niepoort
• Graham's 30 Year Old Tawny Porto — W. & J. Graham's
• Graham's Six Grapes Reserve Port — W. & J. Graham's
• Late Bottled Vintage Port — W. & J. Graham's
• Late Bottled Vintage Porto — Dow's
• Old Tawny Porto 30 Years — Sandeman
• Porto Six Grapes Reserve — Graham
• Porto Vintage — Portal
• Quinta do Noval Porto Noval Black Reserve — Douro
• Quinta do Porto Vintage Port — Ferreira
• Silval Vintage Porto — Quinta do Noval
• Tawny Port — Niepoort
• Vintage Port — Graham's