Winery Alves de Sousa - Pessoal Reserva Branco

Winery Alves de SousaPessoal Reserva Branco

4.0
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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 Reserva 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 Reserva Branco from the Winery Alves de Sousa

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

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

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Pessoal Reserva Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or citrus fruit.

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

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Muscat bleu

An interspecific cross between 15-6 Garnier (villard noir or 18315 Seyve-Villard x Müller-Thurgau) and perle noire or 20347 Seyve-Villard (panse de Provence x 12358 Seyve-Villard), obtained in Switzerland in the 1930s by a nurseryman named Garnier. Muscat Bleu can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. It is listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A2.

Last vintages of this wine

Pessoal Reserva Branco - 2005
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Pessoal Reserva Branco - 2004
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Pessoal Reserva Branco - 2003
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Pessoal Reserva Branco - 0
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Pessoal Reserva Branco from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2003, 0, 2005, 2004

Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa

The winery offers 70 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 30 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 great 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 5000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 1500 of of Douro wines
In the top 30000 of white wines
In the top 150000 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.

The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle

All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.

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