Winery Alves de SousaQuinta da Gaivosa Vintage Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Quinta da Gaivosa Vintage Porto of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, dried fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Quinta da Gaivosa Vintage Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Lignan blanc
Simple, fresh dry whites with a pale golden robe, a supple palate with moderate acidity, and undemonstrative aromas of citrus and white flowers. A discreet rustic profile. Almost absent from commercial cultivation, preserved in INRAE variety collections, it testifies to the pre-phylloxera ampelographic diversity of the French vineyard. A rare French white heritage grape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Quinta da Gaivosa Vintage Porto from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2016, 2012, 2008, 2017 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa
The Winery Alves de Sousa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas
Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.
