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 plain cupcakes or oysters au gratin with roquefort sauce.

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: Rieslaner

Aromatic, structured whites with excellent ageing potential, with a golden colour, a taut palate with pronounced acidity, and signature aromas of ripe yellow fruits (peach, apricot), citrus (lemon) and honey notes. Excels in sweet and botrytised dessert wines (Auslese, BA, TBA). Grown in Franconia and the Palatinate, it yields some of Germany's greatest dessert wines. A German white variety bred in 1921 in Würzburg (Silvaner × Riesling), late-ripening.

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
Colheita Moscatel Do Douro - 0
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, 0

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

Cradle of Port: opulent fortified wine with notes of candied black fruit, cocoa, fig, walnut and spice, from young fruity Ruby to oxidative amber Tawny, plus age-worthy LBV and Vintage of exceptional cellaring. Also great dry Douro DOC reds, structured and deep (violet, black-fruited Touriga Nacional, elegant Touriga Franca, spicy Tinta Roriz). A few fresh Douro whites. Terraced vineyards (~40,000 ha) UNESCO on schist.


The wine region of Duriense

Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.

The word of the wine: Venaison

Applied to the bouquet of a wine reminiscent of the smell of big game.

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