Winery FavaiosPorto Monge Tawny
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca and the Touriga franca.
This wine generally goes well with beef
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Porto Monge Tawny of Winery Favaios in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Porto Monge Tawny
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto Monge Tawny
Original food and wine pairings with Porto Monge Tawny
The Porto Monge Tawny of Winery Favaios matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails.
Details and technical informations about Winery Favaios's Porto Monge Tawny.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Porto Monge Tawny from Winery Favaios are 0, 2008
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 Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto 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: Assemblage (Champagne)
In Champagne, it is the art of blending still wines from different grape varieties (pinot meunier, pinot noir, chardonnay), from different terroirs (villages, areas) and often from different years. The incorporation of older wines, called reserve wines, allows for greater aromatic complexity.
