Winery FonsecaTawny Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão and the Touriga franca.
This wine generally goes well with beef
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Tawny Port of Winery Fonseca in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, blackberry or blueberry.
Food and wine pairings with Tawny Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Tawny Port
Original food and wine pairings with Tawny Port
The Tawny Port of Winery Fonseca matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fonseca's Tawny Port.
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 Tawny Port from Winery Fonseca are 2013, 2012, 2010, 2011 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Fonseca
The Winery Fonseca is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 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: Powerful
Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.
