Winery Porto Cruz - Vintage Port

Winery Porto CruzVintage 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 Vintage Port 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.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

vanilla, oak

Wine with spices taste

white pepper

Wine with earth taste

smoke

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

On the nose the Vintage Port of Winery Porto Cruz in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or spices.

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

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19.5°
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.

Last vintages of this wine

Vintage Port - 2016
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Vintage Port - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Vintage Port - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Vintage Port - 2007
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Vintage Port - 2000
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Vintage Port - 1999
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Vintage Port - 1998
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Vintage Port from Winery Porto Cruz are 1992, 2011, 1989, 1996 and 2016.

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 3 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 150 of of Porto wines
In the top 400 of natural sweet wines
In the top 25000 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.

News related to this wine

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Péronne, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

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The word of the wine: Ventilation

Aeration is the process of decanting the wine to oxygenate it and thus promote the expression of the aromatic range and the harmony of the flavours.

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