Winery Quinta das Carvalhas40 Anos Tawny Porto
Natural sweet wine
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
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
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 spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering". or tartiflette with 3 cheeses.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta das Carvalhas's 40 Anos Tawny Porto.
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
The best vintages of 40 Anos Tawny Porto from Winery Quinta das Carvalhas are 0
Informations about the Winery Quinta das Carvalhas
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.
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: Generic
A term that can have several meanings, but often designates a branded wine as opposed to a wine from a vineyard or château, sometimes abused to designate regional appellations (e.g. Bordeaux, Burgundy, etc.).
