Winery Quinta Da Barroca40 Anos Porto
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 40 Anos Porto from the Winery Quinta Da Barroca
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the 40 Anos Porto of Winery Quinta Da Barroca in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with 40 Anos Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with 40 Anos Porto
Original food and wine pairings with 40 Anos Porto
The 40 Anos Porto of Winery Quinta Da Barroca matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of roast beef casserole, gaufress and light or salmon with roquefort in foil.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta Da Barroca's 40 Anos Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Humagne rouge
It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 40 Anos Porto from Winery Quinta Da Barroca are 0
Informations about the Winery Quinta Da Barroca
The Winery Quinta Da Barroca is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro 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.
The word of the wine: Residual sugars
Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.
