Winery C. da Silva - Dalva Moscatel do Douro

Winery C. da SilvaDalva Moscatel do Douro

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Dalva Moscatel do Douro of Winery C. da Silva is a sweet wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese and sweet desserts.

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The Dalva Moscatel do Douro of Winery C. da Silva matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of pancakes or 3 cheese pizza.

Details and technical informations about Winery C. da Silva's Dalva Moscatel do Douro.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
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Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Muscat à petits grains

Muscat à petits grains is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

Informations about the Winery C. da Silva

The winery offers 121 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 55 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

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

Top wine Duriense
In the top 15000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 750 of of Douro wines
In the top 6500 of sweet wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

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.

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