Winery Quinta da Vacaria - 16 Legoas Reserve Porto

Winery Quinta da Vacaria16 Legoas Reserve Porto

4.2
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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 16 Legoas Reserve Porto of Winery Quinta da Vacaria is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
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.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta da Vacaria's 16 Legoas Reserve Porto.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

16 Legoas Reserve Porto - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of 16 Legoas Reserve Porto from Winery Quinta da Vacaria are 2008

Informations about the Winery Quinta da Vacaria

The winery offers 16 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

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.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 15000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 4500 of of Porto wines
In the top 4500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 400000 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.

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The word of the wine: Village

Term used in certain regions to identify a particular sector within a larger appellation (Beaujolais, Côtes-du-Rhône).

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