The Winery Quinta de Ventozelo of Duriense

The Winery Quinta de Ventozelo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 47 wines for sale in of Duriense to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines in Duriense among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of chicken maffé (africa), bread with cheese and bacon or fideuà (spain).
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, minerality or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
Donzelinho branco is one of the authorized Grape permitted to be blended in the wines of Duriense.
How Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of navarin of lamb, pasta with crispy parma ham or lamb with vermicelli.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, blueberry or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
How Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or sweet desserts such as recipes of beef kidney, stuffed eggplant bonifacian style or quick chocolate fudge cake.
On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the natural sweet wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
White wines are obtained by fermentation of the juice after pressing. A pre-fermentation maceration is sometimes practiced to extract the aromatic substances from the skins. White wines are normally made from white grapes, but can also be made from red grapes (blanc de noirs). The grapes are then pressed as soon as they arrive at the vat house without maceration in order to prevent the colouring matter contained in the skins from "staining" the wine.
How Winery Quinta de Ventozelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef in a crust or halibut with flambéed comté.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or red fruit.
Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.
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