Winery Castello d'AlbaDouro Reserva Branco
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Douro Reserva Branco from the Winery Castello d'Alba
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Reserva Branco of Winery Castello d'Alba in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Douro Reserva Branco of Winery Castello d'Alba in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, non oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Reserva Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Reserva Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Reserva Branco
The Douro Reserva Branco of Winery Castello d'Alba matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of oven-roasted breton lobster with salted butter from the jaguin brothers (the..., tuna rillettes or monkfish mozarabic style (spain).
Details and technical informations about Winery Castello d'Alba's Douro Reserva Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Sauterne
Intraspecific crossing between Sémillon Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc carried out in 1892 by Numa Naugé. This variety has been multiplied very little and is now in the process of disappearing.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Reserva Branco from Winery Castello d'Alba are 2016, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Castello d'Alba
The Winery Castello d'Alba is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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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