The Winery Delaforce of Porto of Duriense

Winery Delaforce - Alvarinho
The winery offers 40 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Real Companhia Velha.
It is ranked in the top 89 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Delaforce is one of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Delaforce wines

Looking for the best Winery Delaforce wines in Porto among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Delaforce 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 Delaforce wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Delaforce

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Delaforce

How Winery Delaforce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of giant paella cooked on a wood fire, delicious moroccan fritters or fillet of pollock with mushrooms in white wine sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Delaforce

On the nose the white wine of Winery Delaforce. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Delaforce. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Delaforce

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Delaforce.

  • Alvarinho

Discovering 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 top natural sweet wines of Winery Delaforce

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Delaforce

How Winery Delaforce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or sweet desserts such as recipes of beer goulash, mini ham and cheese cakes or express cherry clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Delaforce

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Delaforce. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the natural sweet wine of Winery Delaforce. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Delaforce

  • 1966With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1970With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1987With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1977With an average score of 4.28/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Delaforce.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Touriga Franca
  • Gouveio
  • Viosinho
  • Malvasia Fina

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.

The top red wines of Winery Delaforce

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Delaforce

How Winery Delaforce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of baked marrow bones, pasta with ham and tomato or lamb tagine with figs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Delaforce

On the nose the red wine of Winery Delaforce. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Delaforce. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Delaforce

  • 2007With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Francesa
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Heida

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Planning a wine route in the of Porto? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Delaforce.

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 Delaforce and wines from the region

Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute

The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

Long Read: Wine had a past with sailboats. Does it have a future too?

In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...

Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum and visitor centre

Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...

The word of the wine: Heida

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