Winery Porto CruzGran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans
Natural sweet wine
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 Porto Age 10 Ans from the Winery Porto Cruz
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans 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 Porto Age 10 Ans of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans
Pairings that work perfectly with Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans
Original food and wine pairings with Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans
The Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans of Winery Porto Cruz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of beef with mustard, tarte tatin or steak with bresse bleu cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Porto Cruz's Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans.
Discover the grape variety: Baco noir
Colourful, lively reds with a deep purple robe, supple tannins and high acidity. Intense aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, coffee and characteristic smoky notes. Dense palate, tense finish. Nearly banned in France, it is the signature of northern Canadian reds (Ontario, Nova Scotia) and the north-eastern US (New York). French hybrid created in 1902 by François Baco in the Landes (Folle Blanche × Vitis riparia Grand Glabre).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gran Cruz Porto Age 10 Ans from Winery Porto Cruz are 2019, 0
Informations about the Winery Porto Cruz
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.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction
This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.
