Winery Porto Cruz - Finest Ruby Reserve

Winery Porto Cruz Finest Ruby Reserve

Wine of Portugal Natural sweet wine of Porto of Duriense of Portugal
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 Finest Ruby Reserve of Winery Porto Cruz is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
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.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

On the nose the Finest Ruby Reserve of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Finest Ruby Reserve

Pairings that work perfectly with Finest Ruby Reserve

Original food and wine pairings with Finest Ruby Reserve

The Finest Ruby Reserve of Winery Porto Cruz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of stewed beef heart or mushroom and bacon cake.

Details and technical informations about Winery Porto Cruz's Finest Ruby Reserve.

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

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Finest Ruby Reserve - 2001
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.5 1 1 1 0.5 0

The best vintages of Finest Ruby Reserve from Winery Porto Cruz are 2001

Informations about the Winery Porto Cruz

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Porto Cruz is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 6500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 550 of of Porto wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 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.

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The word of the wine: Roast

Specific character given by noble rot to sweet wines, which results in a candied taste and aroma.

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