Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label.
Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.
Donzelinho branco is one of the authorized Grape permitted to be blended in the wines of Duriense.
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
natural sweet wines from the region of Duriense go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or sweet desserts such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, potato and st. nectaire pie or gaufress and light.
On the nose in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, butter or truffle and sometimes also flavors of dried strawberry, mocha or black fruits. In the mouth in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
