Winery Duorum - Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port

Winery DuorumVinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port of Winery Duorum is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with spices taste

eucalyptus, licorice

Wine with oak taste

cedar

On the nose the Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port of Winery Duorum in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of eucalyptus, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port

Pairings that work perfectly with Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port

Original food and wine pairings with Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port

The Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port of Winery Duorum matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise or fondue with comté cheese.

Details and technical informations about Winery Duorum's Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port - 2016
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port - 2010
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port - 2009
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Vinha de Castelo Melhor Vintage Port from Winery Duorum are 2016, 2013, 2009, 2011 and 2010.

Informations about the Winery Duorum

The winery offers 17 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Joao Portugal Ramos.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Duorum is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 650 of of Portugal wines
In the top 300 of of Porto wines
In the top 300 of natural sweet wines
In the top 15000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Mineral

Taste reminiscent of gunflint, chalk and many nuances of the mineral world, and reinforcing, especially in white wines, the notion of freshness and the sappy character.

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