Winery MateusSparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat)
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Food and wine pairings with Sparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat)
Pairings that work perfectly with Sparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat)
Original food and wine pairings with Sparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat)
The Sparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat) of Winery Mateus matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce or real chocolate cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mateus's Sparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat).
Discover the grape variety: Torrontés riojano
Most certainly of Argentine origin, very well known in this country, particularly in the Rioja and Salta regions. It is said to be the result of a cross between the Muscat d'Alexandrie and the Listan Prieto Noir, also known as Criolla Chica. We can note its resemblance with the torrontés sanjuanino, most certainly by the fact that it is also resulting from the same crossing. In Spain (Galicia), a grape variety bears the name of torrontés, it is most certainly the fernao Pires. Torrontés riojano is also present in Chile, but in France it is practically unknown.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sparkling Dry White (Maria Gomes - Muscat) from Winery Mateus are 2015, 2019, 2013, 0 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Mateus
The Winery Mateus is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 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: Trimming
A vineyard operation consisting of pruning the upper part of the branches after lifting, either manually or using a trimming machine attached to a high-clearance tractor.
