Winery Castello d'AlbaPorto 10 Years Old
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the Porto 10 Years Old from the Winery Castello d'Alba
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Porto 10 Years Old of Winery Castello d'Alba in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Porto 10 Years Old of Winery Castello d'Alba in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oak.
Food and wine pairings with Porto 10 Years Old
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto 10 Years Old
Original food and wine pairings with Porto 10 Years Old
The Porto 10 Years Old of Winery Castello d'Alba matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of pot roast, brownies with nuts or zucchini soup with blue cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Castello d'Alba's Porto 10 Years Old.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Porto 10 Years Old from Winery Castello d'Alba are 2017, 2015, 2013, 2016 and 2014.
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 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.
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