Winery Foz TuaColheita Porto
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The Colheita Porto of the Winery Foz Tua is in the top 0 of wines of Douro.
Details and technical informations about Winery Foz Tua's Colheita Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Marzemino
Supple and fruity reds with a clear ruby colour and melted tannins, on intense aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), plum, violet, sweet spices and herbal notes. Round palate, fresh finish. Star of Trentino Marzemino DOC (notably in the Vallagarina valley, southern Trentino), celebrated by Mozart in Don Giovanni ("versa il vino, eccellente Marzemino!"). Also grown in Lombardy. Native Italian variety from the north-east.
Informations about the Winery Foz Tua
The Winery Foz Tua is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
Cradle of Port: opulent fortified wine with notes of candied black fruit, cocoa, fig, walnut and spice, from young fruity Ruby to oxidative amber Tawny, plus age-worthy LBV and Vintage of exceptional cellaring. Also great dry Douro DOC reds, structured and deep (violet, black-fruited Touriga Nacional, elegant Touriga Franca, spicy Tinta Roriz). A few fresh Douro whites. Terraced vineyards (~40,000 ha) UNESCO on schist.
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: Burned
Qualifier, sometimes equivocal, of various odors, ranging from caramel to burnt wood.
