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Porto: Cockburn’s Cellar Tour Classic or Pairing Option
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Porto: Cockburn’s Cellar Tour Classic or Pairing Option

By Symington Family Estates, Vinhos, S.A.
4.9 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is €22 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • 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

Activity location

    • Porto
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Classic Tour in Portuguese
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Portuguese
Language options: Portuguese
Starting time: 15:00
Price details
€22.00 x 1 Adult€22.00
Total
Price is €22.00
Classic Tasting with Guided Tour in Italian
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Italian

This option includes a 1-hour tour and a tasting of Cockburn's Special Reserve, Cockburn's Late Bottle Vintage, and Cockburn's 10 years old.

Language options: Italian
Starting time: 16:00
Price details
€22.00 x 1 Adult€22.00
Total
Price is €22.00
Tawny Tasting with Guided Tour in Portuguese
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Portuguese

This option includes a 1-hour guided tour and a tasting of Cockburn's O Provador, Cockburn's 10 Year Old Tawny and Cockburn's 20 Year Old Tawny.

Language options: Portuguese
Starting time: 15:00
Price details
€27.00 x 1 Adult€27.00
Total
Price is €27.00
Premium Tour in Portuguese
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Portuguese
Language options: Portuguese
Starting time: 15:00
Price details
€32.00 x 1 Adult€32.00
Total
Price is €32.00
Premium and Chocolate Tasting with Guided Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • English

This option includes a 1-hour guided tour and a tasting of Cockburn's Fine White, Cockburn's 10 years old, and Cockburn's Quinta dos Canais Vintage with 3 different chocolates (passion fruit chocolate, yuzu/cinnamon chocolate, raspberry chocolate).

Language options: English
Price details
€32.00 x 1 Adult€32.00
Total
Price is €32.00
Premium and Chocolate Tasting with Guided Tour in Italian
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Italian

This option includes a 1-hour tour and a tasting of Cockburn's Fine White, Cockburn's 10 years old, and Cockburn's Quinta dos Canais Vintage with 3 different chocolates (passion fruit chocolate, yuzu/cinnamon chocolate, raspberry chocolate).

Language options: Italian
Starting time: 16:00
Price details
€32.00 x 1 Adult€32.00
Total
Price is €32.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedVintage, Classic, or Premium experience (depending on option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's included 1-Hour Cockburn’s Cellars tour (all options)
  • What's includedWhat's included Wine tasting (varies depending on option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's included Chocolate pairing (if option selected)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport

Know before you book

  • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
  • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
  • You are required to bring and wear a mask
  • You will receive a mandatory temperature check
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

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 ageing 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

Location

Activity location

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    • Porto
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Proceed to the main entrance in a pink building. You must exchange your voucher at the reception before the tour starts. If you are arriving by car, there is parking at Rua Leonor de Freitas, 225 4431-901 Vila Nova de Gaia.
    • Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal