Winery Alves de SousaVale da Raposa Special Reserve Tawny Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Vale da Raposa Special Reserve Tawny Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Canari
The Canary is rarely found in today's vineyards. Its origins are probably in the Pyrenees, precisely in the Ariège. Its repertoire of alternative appellations is vast. Boudalès from the Cévennes becomes folle noire in Fronton. It is also known as chalosse noire, ugne noire or canaril, and can be recognized by its early buds. The very productive vine shows remarkable vigour. Even the black rot does not get the better of this variety. The shoots are covered with foliage, the most exposed parts of which turn red in the autumn. When the grapes reach maturity, which occurs in the second late season, the Canari displays compact, section-shaped bunches of small to medium size. The fins are sometimes very crowded, gathering berries with characteristic colors. The bluish-black shell protects a very juicy flesh. A rather lightly coloured and ordinary wine emerges from the vinification of this variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vale da Raposa Special Reserve Tawny Porto from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2006, 0
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 Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto 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: Tannic
Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.
