Winery FavaiosMoscatel do Douro
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese and sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the Moscatel do Douro from the Winery Favaios
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Moscatel do Douro of Winery Favaios in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Moscatel do Douro of Winery Favaios in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, peach or plum.
Food and wine pairings with Moscatel do Douro
Pairings that work perfectly with Moscatel do Douro
Original food and wine pairings with Moscatel do Douro
The Moscatel do Douro of Winery Favaios matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of chocolate mousse or minced meat ravioli with italian cheese emulsion.
Details and technical informations about Winery Favaios's Moscatel do Douro.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot blanc
The white merlot (or merlau) is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It was mainly cultivated in the Graves, Blayais and Bourgeais regions. Merlot blanc is a cross between folle blanche and merlot noir. merlot blanc, although fertile and productive, is a grape variety that is now in decline and is no longer replanted. Its bunches are composed of juicy berries of a green to golden yellow color when they are well ripe, they fear grey rot and drought. The white merlot produces white wines with a low alcohol content and is now part of the Pineau-des-Charentes appellation.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Moscatel do Douro from Winery Favaios are 1980, 1989, 1975, 2018 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Favaios
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.
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.
The word of the wine: Tasting
Sensory analysis of the wine according to a precise procedure and steps, using an appropriate vocabulary.
