Winery LacrauOld Vines Branco
White wine
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 Old Vines Branco from the Winery Lacrau
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Old Vines Branco of Winery Lacrau in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Old Vines Branco of Winery Lacrau in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Old Vines Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Old Vines Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Old Vines Branco
The Old Vines Branco of Winery Lacrau matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops with cream, verrine of beetroot and saint moret or flounder fillets with parsley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lacrau's Old Vines Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Courbu blanc
Native variety of the Pyrenean vineyard that does not correspond to the white form of the courbu noir. It should not be confused with the petit courbu, published genetic analysis has shown that it is related to one or more varieties including the lercat and for more details click here! Courbu blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Old Vines Branco from Winery Lacrau are 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Lacrau
The Winery Lacrau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea
This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
