Winery C. da Silva - Dalva Colheita Porto

Winery C. da SilvaDalva Colheita Porto

4.2
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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 Dalva Colheita Porto of Winery C. da Silva is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Dalva Colheita Porto of the Winery C. da Silva is in the top 80 of wines of Porto.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, chocolate

Wine with earth taste

honey, leather

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon, licorice

On the nose the Dalva Colheita Porto of Winery C. da Silva in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cream, microbio or orange and sometimes also flavors of nutty, honey or hazelnut.

Details and technical informations about Winery C. da Silva's Dalva Colheita Porto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Dalva Colheita Porto - 2011
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Dalva Colheita Porto - 2010
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Dalva Colheita Porto - 2008
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Dalva Colheita Porto - 2007
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Dalva Colheita Porto - 2005
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Dalva Colheita Porto - 2004
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Dalva Colheita Porto - 2000
In the top 80 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Dalva Colheita Porto from Winery C. da Silva are 1971, 1968, 1963, 1966 and 1934.

Informations about the Winery C. da Silva

The winery offers 119 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery C. da Silva is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 81 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 550 of of Portugal wines
In the top 90 of of Porto wines
In the top 250 of natural sweet wines
In the top 15000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Brilliant

Said of a very limpid robe whose reflections shine strongly in the light.

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