Winery FonsecaTerra Prima Reserve Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the Terra Prima Reserve Port from the Winery Fonseca
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Terra Prima Reserve Port of Winery Fonseca in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Terra Prima Reserve Port of Winery Fonseca in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, red fruit or tobacco.
Food and wine pairings with Terra Prima Reserve Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Terra Prima Reserve Port
Original food and wine pairings with Terra Prima Reserve Port
The Terra Prima Reserve Port of Winery Fonseca matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of boles de picolat (catalan meatballs), express cherry clafoutis or italian melon salad.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fonseca's Terra Prima Reserve 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 Terra Prima Reserve Port from Winery Fonseca are 2012
Informations about the Winery Fonseca
The Winery Fonseca is one of of the world's greatest 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: Mansois
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