Winery Quinta das Carvalhas40 Anos Tawny Porto

Natural sweet wine of Porto of Duriense of Portugal

4.3

(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 40 Anos Tawny Porto of Winery Quinta das Carvalhas 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.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

caramel

On the nose the 40 Anos Tawny Porto of Winery Quinta das Carvalhas in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

Food and wine pairings with 40 Anos Tawny Porto

Pairings that work perfectly with 40 Anos Tawny Porto

Beef

Mature and hard cheese

Original food and wine pairings with 40 Anos Tawny Porto

The 40 Anos Tawny Porto of Winery Quinta das Carvalhas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna or mashed potatoes with spinach and 2 salmon.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta das Carvalhas's 40 Anos Tawny Porto.

Winery

Winery Quinta das Carvalhas

Grape varieties

Touriga franca , Touriga nacional

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.

Informations about the Winery Quinta das Carvalhas

The winery offers 21 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.

This winery is part of the Real Companhia Velha.

It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta das Carvalhas is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 10000 of of Portugal wines

In the top 3000 of of Porto wines

In the top 3000 of natural sweet wines

In the top 250000 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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