Winery Gonzalez Byass Oporto - Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny

Winery Gonzalez Byass OportoAlto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny of Winery Gonzalez Byass Oporto is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Food and wine pairings with Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny

Pairings that work perfectly with Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny

Original food and wine pairings with Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny

The Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny of Winery Gonzalez Byass Oporto matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lomo saltado or fresh jura salad.

Details and technical informations about Winery Gonzalez Byass Oporto's Alto Douro Port Old Superior Tawny.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Informations about the Winery Gonzalez Byass Oporto

The winery offers 9 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Gonzalez Byass Oporto is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 15000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 4500 of of Porto wines
In the top 4500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto 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.

News related to this wine

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The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The word of the wine: Effervescent

Any wine loaded with CO2 (carbon dioxide), which is revealed in the form of bubbles, reinforcing the freshness effect in the mouth. This gas production is the result of what is called the second fermentation in the bottle. It occurs in champagnes and sparkling wines such as crémants.

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