Winery Quinta de Ventozelo10 Year Old Tawny Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the 10 Year Old Tawny Porto of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with 10 Year Old Tawny Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with 10 Year Old Tawny Porto
Original food and wine pairings with 10 Year Old Tawny Porto
The 10 Year Old Tawny Porto of Winery Quinta de Ventozelo matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of family potluck or jack be little (mini pumpkin) egg casserole.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta de Ventozelo's 10 Year Old Tawny Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Intensely coloured, warm reds, sun-drenched with generous alcohol, with aromas of red and black candied fruits, plum, gentle spices and cocoa notes. Ripe tannins and a broad palate. Traditional partner of touriga nacional and touriga franca in the blends of great Port wines (especially Tawny and Ruby) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 10 Year Old Tawny Porto from Winery Quinta de Ventozelo are 1999, 2003, 2000, 2005 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Quinta de Ventozelo
The Winery Quinta de Ventozelo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 49 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: Braucol
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