Winery HehnTavora Varosa Metodo Classico Reserva Espumante Bruto
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Hehn's Tavora Varosa Metodo Classico Reserva Espumante Bruto.
Discover the grape variety: Christmas rose
Table grape with long clusters of pink-red berries with thin skin and crunchy flesh, with a pleasant sweet taste. Late variety (harvest in autumn/early winter, hence the name). Very rarely vinified. Grown mainly in California and Chile for export markets, prized for its attractive pink-red appearance, good shelf life and late availability. American black table grape obtained by crossing for fresh consumption.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Tavora Varosa Metodo Classico Reserva Espumante Bruto from Winery Hehn are 2011, 2012
Informations about the Winery Hehn
The Winery Hehn is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 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: Size
Cutting of shoots to regulate and balance the growth of the vine in order to control productivity.
