Winery J Faria & Filhos - 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet

Winery J Faria & Filhos5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet of Winery J Faria & Filhos is a natural sweet wine from the region of Madeira of Terras Madeirenses.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks and sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet from the Winery J Faria & Filhos

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet of Winery J Faria & Filhos in the region of Terras Madeirenses is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet of Winery J Faria & Filhos in the region of Terras Madeirenses often reveals types of flavors of oak.

Food and wine pairings with 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet

Pairings that work perfectly with 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet

Original food and wine pairings with 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet

The 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet of Winery J Faria & Filhos matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of simple pancake batter or smoked salmon and lemon cake.

Details and technical informations about Winery J Faria & Filhos's 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
18°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Cortis

Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Solaris (Merzling x Geisenheim 6493 (Zarya Severa x Muscat Ottonel)) made in 1982 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. It can be found in the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, etc., but is still little known in France. Note that Cabernet-Carol has the same parents.

Last vintages of this wine

5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet - 2017
In the top 100 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 411110
5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet - 2016
In the top 100 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet - 2008
In the top 100 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of 5 Years Old Reserva Medium Sweet from Winery J Faria & Filhos are 2017, 2016, 2008

Informations about the Winery J Faria & Filhos

The winery offers 20 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Madeira in the region of Terras Madeirenses

The Winery J Faria & Filhos is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Madeira to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Terras Madeirenses
In the top 7000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 200 of of Madeira wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Madeira

The wine region of Madeira is located in the region of Terras Madeirenses of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Blandy's or the Domaine Blandy's produce mainly wines natural sweet, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Madeira are Verdelho, Sercial and Touriga nacional, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Madeira often reveals types of flavors of oaky, minerality or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of butterscotch, salt or roasted almonds.


The wine region of Terras Madeirenses

Madeira is a Portuguese-owned archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, 600 miles (970km) southwest of Lisbon and 450 miles due west of the North African coast. It gives its name to one of the world's great fortified wines. Both the wine and the island hold unique places in the history of wine. All fortified wine from the island is now produced under the Madeira DOC, while the table wines are sold under the VR (Vinho Regional) title Terras Madeirenses.

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The word of the wine: Shipping (liquor)

In champagne and wines made according to the traditional method, wine is added before corking to fill the void in the bottle created by disgorging. This added wine is often sweetened by sugar incorporated in variable proportions according to the style of wine sought (see dosage). Syn.: liqueur de dosage.

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