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Porto: Cockburn’s Cellar Tour Classic or Pairing Option

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Activity provider:Symington Family Estates, Vinhos, S.A.
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Porto: Cockburn’s Cellar Tour Classic or Pairing Option

Activity provider:Symington Family Estates, Vinhos, S.A.
4.8  / 5
977 reviews
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Enjoy a guided visit and premium tasting at Cockburn’s Lodge, the largest Port cellar in the historic quarter of Vila Nova de Gaia. See the only open cooperage in Vila Nova de Gaia.

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Duration 1.5 hours
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Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, English, French
Wheelchair accessible
Small group available

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Highlights
  • Explore Cockburn’s Lodge, the largest Port cellar in the historic quarter of Vila Nova de Gaia
  • Learn about Cockburn’s fascinating 200-year history
  • Taste Cockburn’s wines, aged in well-seasoned oak casks and vats paired with Chocolate
  • Watch a cooper hard at work wielding mallets
  • Choose between a premium and classic option to suit your taste
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Visit the Cockburn’s cellars, also known as ‘lodges’, and discover the most extensive wine cellars in the historic quarter of Vila Nova de Gaia. Located opposite the twin city of Porto across the Douro River, this region is known for its beauty. 

Watch the dedicated team of coopers disassemble barrels stave by stave for maintenance and then reassemble them. 

Go inside the sturdy granite walls of the Cockburn’s lodge house which boasts 6,518 seasoned oak barrels of maturing Port and the equivalent of a further 10,056 barrels held in tones and vats. 

This sizeable and priceless stock provides the basis for the creation of Cockburn’s renowned Ports, including the famous Special Reserve.

On this guided tour, you will have an authentic experience of a fully working Port cellar. Start your visit with a trip to the Cellars museum which charts Cockburn’s fascinating 200-year history. 

A series of exhibits reveal the stories of the families that built Cockburn’s; their planting of vineyards in the Douro Valley and the making of legendary Ports that turned Cockburn's into a world-renowned producer. 

Your visit continues through the working sections of the buildings where thousands of oak barrels and vats hold Cockburn’s valuable stocks of maturing wines. At this point, you will pass through the longest aging gallery of any Port cellar in Vila Nova de Gaia. 

Filled with the impressive sight of thousands of barrels, stacked 4 high you'll learn about the importance of maturing Port in seasoned wood as well as the central role of the cooper.

In the tasting room, you will enjoy a classic tasting, or if you select the premium tasting option then you will have the following:

Classic:

• Cockburn's Special Reserve

• Cockburn's Late Bottle Vintage

• Cockburn's 10 years old 

Premium tasting with chocolate pairing:

• Cockburn's Fine White paired with Passion fruit chocolate 

• Cockburn's 10 Years old paired with Yuzu cinnamon chocolate

• Cockburn's Quinta dos Canais Vintage paired with Raspberry chocolate

Vintage Tasting paired with cheese:

• Cockburn's Quinta dos Canais Vintage paired with Sheep Cheese (Nisa dop)

• Cockburn's 2011 Vintage paired with Goat Cheese (Beiralacte)

• Cockburn's 2015 Vintage paired with Cow Cheese (S. Jorge dop)

Super Premium Tour:

• Cockburn's Special Reserve

• Cockburn's 20 years old

• Cockburn's 2011 Vintage

• Tastings in the John H. Smiths room

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  • Vintage, Classic, or Premium experience (depending on option selected)
  • 1-Hour Cockburn’s Cellars tour (all options)
  • Wine tasting (varies depending on option selected)
  • Chocolate pairing (if option selected)
  • Transportation

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Our guide was informative, friendly, and helpful. The film produced by the Symington family was very interesting. We had the tawny tasting experience. We bought cheese plates and treated ourselves to a glass of 2011 vintage between us. Most enjoyable overall experience.

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September 29, 2023

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The tour was very informative and loved walking through the cellar and getting up close to the barrels. Would suggest to anyone booking the tour, do the cheapest option, without any food pairing as you can buy the food at the tasting for a quarter of the price!

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The guide (sadly we don't remember his name) was excellent and very knowledgeable. The tour lasted about an hour, and he takes you to visit the whole cellar. He was ready to answer and explain all of our additional questions. The cellar is impressive, and the port wines at the end were really great. We took the one with chocolate pairings, and were amazed! Highly recommend it!

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