Winery Fonte PequenaBranco

White wine of Douro of Duriense of Portugal

4.0

(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 Branco of Winery Fonte Pequena is a white wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Branco from the Winery Fonte Pequena

Light		Bold
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Branco of Winery Fonte Pequena in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Food and wine pairings with Branco

Pairings that work perfectly with Branco

Original food and wine pairings with Branco

Cured meat

The Branco of Winery Fonte Pequena matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou, dried tomato, feta and green olive cake or quick brandade.

Details and technical informations about Winery Fonte Pequena's Branco.

Winery

Winery Fonte Pequena

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Vidoc

A wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. The parents of Artaban are the same. Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Branco - 2018

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 4

The best vintages of Branco from Winery Fonte Pequena are 2018

Informations about the Winery Fonte Pequena

The winery offers 67 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 4.

It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Fonte Pequena is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 63 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 1500 of of Portugal wines

In the top 500 of of Douro wines

In the top 5000 of white wines

In the top 30000 wines of the world

The wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro 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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