Winery Porto CruzGran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port
Natural sweet wine
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 Idade 10 Anos Port from the Winery Porto Cruz
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, raisin or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port
Original food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port
The Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port of Winery Porto Cruz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, homemade cookies or veal grenadins with pears and roquefort sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Porto Cruz's Gran Cruz Idade 10 Anos Port.
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 Idade 10 Anos Port from Winery Porto Cruz are 1985, 2011, 2019, 2016
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: Petite arvine
An ancient white grape variety from the Valais (Switzerland), which produces renowned wines suitable for ageing. Viney and sustained by a strong vivacity, these wines express a fine salty touch, the signature of this variety. Petite arvine wines can be dry, tender or made from withered grapes from late harvesting. Syn.: arvine.
