Winery Quinta da Vacaria16 Legoas Reserve Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca and the Tinto cão.
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 16 Legoas Reserve Porto from the Winery Quinta da Vacaria
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the 16 Legoas Reserve Porto of Winery Quinta da Vacaria in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with 16 Legoas Reserve Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with 16 Legoas Reserve Porto
Original food and wine pairings with 16 Legoas Reserve Porto
The 16 Legoas Reserve Porto of Winery Quinta da Vacaria matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of delicious bourguignon, pancakes or pork tenderloin with roquefort cheese and bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta da Vacaria's 16 Legoas Reserve Porto.
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
The best vintages of 16 Legoas Reserve Porto from Winery Quinta da Vacaria are 0, 2008
Informations about the Winery Quinta da Vacaria
The Winery Quinta da Vacaria is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Premier cru
In Burgundy, third level of classification (above the regional and communal appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited parcels (climats) whose name is added to the communal appellation. The climats classified as first growths are 635.
