Winery Quarles HarrisBlanc Porto
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The Blanc Porto of the Winery Quarles Harris is in the top 0 of wines of Porto.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quarles Harris's Blanc Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Vuillermin
Structured, elegant reds with fine ageing potential, a deep ruby robe, fine tannins, an ample palate and fresh acidity; signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry), spices, alpine herbs and floral notes (violet). Distinctive alpine profile. Preserved for its heritage value by a few committed Valdostan growers. Rare black grape of the Aosta Valley, nearly extinct and rediscovered in the 1990s.
Informations about the Winery Quarles Harris
The Winery Quarles Harris is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 21 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: Table wine
A category of wine with no geographical indication on the label, often resulting from blends between wines from different vineyards in France or the EU. These wines are now called "wines without geographical indication" (and "French wines" if they come from the national territory).
