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.
natural sweet wines from the region of Duriense go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), king's cake with frangipane or croque monsieur with 4 cheeses.
On the nose in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of apples, vanilla or plum. In the mouth in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
