Winery Favaios - Colheita Moscatel Do Douro

Winery FavaiosColheita Moscatel Do Douro

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Colheita Moscatel Do Douro of Winery Favaios is a sweet wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese and sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Colheita Moscatel Do Douro from the Winery Favaios

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Colheita Moscatel Do Douro of Winery Favaios in the region of Duriense is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Colheita Moscatel Do Douro of Winery Favaios in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Colheita Moscatel Do Douro

Pairings that work perfectly with Colheita Moscatel Do Douro

Original food and wine pairings with Colheita Moscatel Do Douro

The Colheita Moscatel Do Douro of Winery Favaios matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of traditional pastry flan or rabbit casserole with blue cheese and dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Favaios's Colheita Moscatel Do Douro.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
18.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Voltis

Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified), resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2002, between Villaris and Mtp 3159-2-12 (for the latter, one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.). Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Colheita Moscatel Do Douro - 1999
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Colheita Moscatel Do Douro - 1989
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Colheita Moscatel Do Douro from Winery Favaios are 1999, 1989

Informations about the Winery Favaios

The winery offers 55 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Favaios is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 52 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 6000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 2000 of of Douro wines
In the top 3500 of sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

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.

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