Winery Alves de Sousa - Pessoal Branco

Winery Alves de SousaPessoal Branco

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 Pessoal Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa is a white wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Pessoal Branco from the Winery Alves de Sousa

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Pessoal Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, caramel

Wine with earth taste

honey, beeswax

On the nose the Pessoal Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, beeswax or apples and sometimes also flavors of honey, non oak or earth.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Pessoal Branco.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Arrouya

Arrouya noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Arrouya noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Last vintages of this wine

Pessoal Branco - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Pessoal Branco - 2011
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Pessoal Branco - 2008
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Pessoal Branco - 2006
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pessoal Branco - 2005
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Pessoal Branco - 2004
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Pessoal Branco from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2011, 2006, 2012, 2008 and 2005.

Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa

The winery offers 66 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
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 Alves de Sousa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 200 of of Douro wines
In the top 1500 of white wines
In the top 9500 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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