The Winery Benfica of Douro of Duriense

Winery Benfica
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 4672 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Benfica is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Benfica wines

Looking for the best Winery Benfica wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Benfica wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Benfica wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Benfica

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Benfica

How Winery Benfica wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tournedos rossini, gaufress and light or potatoes with blue cheese and bacon.

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Benfica.

  • Tinto Cao
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz

Discovering 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 top red wines of Winery Benfica

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Benfica

How Winery Benfica wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, stuffed zucchini with merguez, beef and spices or saddle of venison with fresh cream.

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

News about Winery Benfica and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Cuvée prestige (champagne)

Vintage or not, it is composed of a selection of terroirs and generally comes from the first press after eliminating the very first juices that come out of the press. The best known? Dom Pérignon, Cristal de Roederer, Grand Siècle de Laurent-Perrie, Louise at Pommery. In fact, all the houses and most of the independent winegrowers have their own prestige cuvee.

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