Winery Porto Cruz - Special Reserve Port

Winery Porto CruzSpecial Reserve Port

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(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 region.
The Special Reserve Port of Winery Porto Cruz is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Special Reserve Port from the Winery Porto Cruz

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Special Reserve Port of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, caramel

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with spices taste

pepper

On the nose the Special Reserve Port of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, nutty or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Porto Cruz's Special Reserve Port.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Special Reserve Port - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Special Reserve Port - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Special Reserve Port - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Special Reserve Port - 2005
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Special Reserve Port - 1999
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Special Reserve Port - 1992
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Special Reserve Port - 1991
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Special Reserve Port from Winery Porto Cruz are 1987, 1887, 2005, 2013 and 2008.

Informations about the Winery Porto Cruz

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 5 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 greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 1500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 200 of of Porto wines
In the top 550 of natural sweet wines
In the top 30000 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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