Winery ConstantinoVinho Velho do Porto
Natural sweet wine
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the Vinho Velho do Porto from the Winery Constantino
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Vinho Velho do Porto of Winery Constantino in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with Vinho Velho do Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with Vinho Velho do Porto
Original food and wine pairings with Vinho Velho do Porto
The Vinho Velho do Porto of Winery Constantino matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of savoyard matafans, real chocolate cake or veal sauté with gorgonzola.
Details and technical informations about Winery Constantino's Vinho Velho do Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin d'Aoste
It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vinho Velho do Porto from Winery Constantino are 0
Informations about the Winery Constantino
The Winery Constantino is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 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: Drain
Stopper, originally made of wood, used to plug barrels and more generally all wooden containers used to store or mature wine.
