Winery Fonseca - Siroco White Port (Extra Dry)

Winery FonsecaSiroco White Port (Extra Dry)

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Siroco White Port (Extra Dry) of Winery Fonseca is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Malvasia.
This wine generally goes well with

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, yeast

Wine with spices taste

mint, white pepper

Wine with floral taste

elderflower, honeysuckle

On the nose the Siroco White Port (Extra Dry) of Winery Fonseca in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, hazelnut or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Fonseca's Siroco White Port (Extra Dry).

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

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

Last vintages of this wine

Siroco White Port (Extra Dry) - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Siroco White Port (Extra Dry) - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.311100

The best vintages of Siroco White Port (Extra Dry) from Winery Fonseca are 2013, 2008

Informations about the Winery Fonseca

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Taylor Fladgate.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Fonseca is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 7000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 600 of of Porto wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 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: N-M

Negociant-manipulant. Company that buys grapes, sometimes in addition to its own vineyard, elaborates and markets its champagne. Most of the big brands like Moët or Taittinger are N-M.

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