Winery Vista AlegreFine Ruby Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Touriga Nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Fine Ruby Porto of Winery Vista Alegre in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Fine Ruby Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with Fine Ruby Porto
Original food and wine pairings with Fine Ruby Porto
The Fine Ruby Porto of Winery Vista Alegre matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef casserole or filet mignon stuffed with bacon and comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vista Alegre's Fine Ruby Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional
Deep, concentrated reds with a near-black robe, firm but polished tannins, showing aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, violet, bergamot, liquorice, black pepper and characteristic floral notes. Pillar of great vintage Ports (Quinta do Noval, Taylor's) and signature of modern dry Douro DOC and Dão DOC. Also exported to Australia and California. Portugal's most noble variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Fine Ruby Porto from Winery Vista Alegre are 2016, 0, 2011
Informations about the Winery Vista Alegre
The Winery Vista Alegre is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 36 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: Fumet
Older synonym for bouquet.
