Winery Porto CruzGran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto

Natural sweet wine of Porto of Duriense of Portugal

4.7

(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 world.

The Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto 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.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto from the Winery Porto Cruz

Light		Bold
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto

Pairings that work perfectly with Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto

Original food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto

The Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto of Winery Porto Cruz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), quick chocolate fudge cake or duck breast with gnocchi and roquefort sauce.

Details and technical informations about Winery Porto Cruz's Gran Cruz 130 Year Anniversary Edition Heritage Porto.

Winery

Winery Porto Cruz

Grape varieties

Touriga franca , Touriga nacional

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Alcohol

20°

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.

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 25 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 29 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 15000 of of Portugal wines

In the top 950 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.

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