Winery AliançaForal dos Quatro Ventos
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Tinta Roriz.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Foral dos Quatro Ventos from the Winery Aliança
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Foral dos Quatro Ventos of Winery Aliança in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Foral dos Quatro Ventos
Pairings that work perfectly with Foral dos Quatro Ventos
Original food and wine pairings with Foral dos Quatro Ventos
The Foral dos Quatro Ventos of Winery Aliança matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pasta such as recipes of roast beef in a crust, steamed lamb shoulder with cumin and coriander or spaghetti with old-fashioned tomato sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Aliança's Foral dos Quatro Ventos.
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 Foral dos Quatro Ventos from Winery Aliança are 2017
Informations about the Winery Aliança
The Winery Aliança is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 108 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.
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Unproductive shoot growing on the trunk of the vine.
