Winery Dow's20 Years Old Tawny Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Touriga Nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The 20 Years Old Tawny Port of the Winery Dow's is in the top 60 of wines of Porto.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the 20 Years Old Tawny Port of Winery Dow's in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with 20 Years Old Tawny Port
Pairings that work perfectly with 20 Years Old Tawny Port
Original food and wine pairings with 20 Years Old Tawny Port
The 20 Years Old Tawny Port of Winery Dow's matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style or snail and comté pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dow's's 20 Years Old Tawny Port.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional
Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 20 Years Old Tawny Port from Winery Dow's are 2020, 2018, 1994, 2019 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Dow's
The Winery Dow's is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 35 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: Acidity
When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.
