Winery Porto CruzGran Cruz Colheita Porto
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.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Gran Cruz Colheita Porto of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of caramel, raisin or toffee.
Food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz Colheita Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with Gran Cruz Colheita Porto
Original food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz Colheita Porto
The Gran Cruz Colheita Porto of Winery Porto Cruz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions or salted cake with bacon, comté and onion.
Details and technical informations about Winery Porto Cruz's Gran Cruz Colheita Porto.
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
The best vintages of Gran Cruz Colheita Porto from Winery Porto Cruz are 2014, 1999, 2011, 1985 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Porto Cruz
The Winery Porto Cruz is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Turbidity
The state of a cloudy wine, due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.
