The Winery Fontes Velhas of Douro of Duriense

Winery Fontes Velhas
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1237 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Fontes Velhas is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fontes Velhas wines

Looking for the best Winery Fontes Velhas wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Fontes Velhas wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Fontes Velhas wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Fontes Velhas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fontes Velhas

How Winery Fontes Velhas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), lasagna bolognese express or couscous merguez.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fontes Velhas

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Fontes Velhas. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fontes Velhas

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Fontes Velhas.

  • Touriga Nacional

Discovering 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 .

Discover the grape variety: Humagne rouge

It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.

News about Winery Fontes Velhas and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Péronne

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Péronne, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

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.

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