Winery Costa Boal Family EstatesFlor do Tua 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 Flor do Tua Branco from the Winery Costa Boal Family Estates
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Flor do Tua Branco of Winery Costa Boal Family Estates in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Flor do Tua Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Flor do Tua Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Flor do Tua Branco
The Flor do Tua Branco of Winery Costa Boal Family Estates matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of fish and shrimp wok with curry, fake foie gras or hake with small shrimps for cookeo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Costa Boal Family Estates's Flor do Tua Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
Last vintages of this wine
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Informations about the Winery Costa Boal Family Estates
The Winery Costa Boal Family Estates is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 36 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.
The word of the wine: Fleshy
Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.
