The Winery Cruz Velha of Douro of Duriense

Winery Cruz Velha - Branco
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 461 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Cruz Velha is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cruz Velha wines

Looking for the best Winery Cruz Velha wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cruz Velha wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cruz Velha wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Cruz Velha

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cruz Velha

How Winery Cruz Velha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of traditional tunisian couscous, chorizo puff pastry or fish soup.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cruz Velha

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Cruz Velha. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Discovering 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 top red wines of Winery Cruz Velha

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cruz Velha

How Winery Cruz Velha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, pasta carbonara a la flo without egg or lamb tagine with quince.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cruz Velha

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cruz Velha. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cruz Velha. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cruz Velha

  • 2015With an average score of 4.42/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cruz Velha.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinta Cão

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

The top pink wines of Winery Cruz Velha

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cruz Velha

How Winery Cruz Velha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tanjia or savoy soup.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Cruz Velha.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinto Cao
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Francesa

The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

News about Winery Cruz Velha and wines from the region

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.

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