Winery Castello d'Alba Vinhas Velhas 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 Vinhas Velhas Branco from the Winery Castello d'Alba
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In the mouth the Vinhas Velhas Branco of Winery Castello d'Alba in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Vinhas Velhas Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Vinhas Velhas Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Vinhas Velhas Branco
The Vinhas Velhas Branco of Winery Castello d'Alba matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops with cream, caricoles as in brussels (translation: sea snails or whelks) or cod with chorizo sauce and grilled peppers.
Details and technical informations about Winery Castello d'Alba's Vinhas Velhas Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Glacière
Unknown, it is still found only in Vaucluse in most cases established in arbors (our photographs), never in culture. La Glacière is a table grape, not always pleasant to eat, that was once kept either on stumps or on racks for the winter. Today, it is very rare to find this variety, which has completely disappeared.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vinhas Velhas Branco from Winery Castello d'Alba are 2019, 2017, 2018
Informations about the Winery Castello d'Alba
The Winery Castello d'Alba is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 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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The word of the wine: Animal
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