Winery FerreiraDona Antónia Porto Reserva
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the Dona Antónia Porto Reserva from the Winery Ferreira
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Dona Antónia Porto Reserva of Winery Ferreira in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Dona Antónia Porto Reserva of Winery Ferreira in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of plum, chocolate or caramel.
Food and wine pairings with Dona Antónia Porto Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Dona Antónia Porto Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Dona Antónia Porto Reserva
The Dona Antónia Porto Reserva of Winery Ferreira matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, yoghurt cake or french burger with roquefort.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ferreira's Dona Antónia Porto Reserva.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Intensely coloured, warm reds, sun-drenched with generous alcohol, with aromas of red and black candied fruits, plum, gentle spices and cocoa notes. Ripe tannins and a broad palate. Traditional partner of touriga nacional and touriga franca in the blends of great Port wines (especially Tawny and Ruby) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Dona Antónia Porto Reserva from Winery Ferreira are 1999, 1896, 2014, 2009 and 2005.
Informations about the Winery Ferreira
The Winery Ferreira is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Grape
Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.
