Winery Alves de SousaVale da Raposa Branco
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Vale da Raposa Branco from the Winery Alves de Sousa
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Vale da Raposa Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Vale da Raposa Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Vale da Raposa Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Vale da Raposa Branco
The Vale da Raposa Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cuttlefish in parsley sauce, parmesan crisps or seafood stew.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Vale da Raposa Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Picolit noir
A very old grape variety, which almost disappeared, cultivated for a very long time in the north-east of Italy, more precisely in the region of Friuli bordering with Aurelia and Slovenia. It can be found in Italy, but also in Spain, ... in France it is completely unknown. Note that it is not related to the white picolit.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vale da Raposa Branco from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2012, 2015, 2011, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa
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.
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: Licking
Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.
