Winery Martinez Gassiot20 Year Old Tawny Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Pairings that work perfectly with 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Original food and wine pairings with 20 Year Old Tawny Port
The 20 Year Old Tawny Port of Winery Martinez Gassiot matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar) or avocado, tomato and sheep's tomato salad.
Details and technical informations about Winery Martinez Gassiot's 20 Year Old Tawny Port.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca
Aromatic and refined reds with an elegant structure, featuring raspberry, blackberry, rose, lavender, cistus and gentle spice aromas. Soft tannins and silky balance that smooths blends. Essential partner to Touriga Nacional in great Port wines (Vintage, LBV, Tawny) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety, the most planted in the Douro, related to Touriga Nacional.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 20 Year Old Tawny Port from Winery Martinez Gassiot are 0, 2008
Informations about the Winery Martinez Gassiot
The Winery Martinez Gassiot is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 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: Dress
Visual aspect of the wine. The colour is defined by its intensity, clarity, brilliance and colour, which indicate the level of evolution of the wine, thus giving an indication of its vintage.
