Winery Quinta do Castelinho - Vintage Port

Winery Quinta do CastelinhoVintage Port

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Vintage Port of Winery Quinta do Castelinho is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, 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 Vintage Port of Winery Quinta do Castelinho in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Castelinho's Vintage Port.

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

Vintage Port - 2002
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Vintage Port - 2000
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Vintage Port - 1999
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Vintage Port - 1997
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Vintage Port - 1996
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Vintage Port - 1994
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Vintage Port - 1991
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Vintage Port from Winery Quinta do Castelinho are 2002, 2000, 1999, 1994 and 1991.

Informations about the Winery Quinta do Castelinho

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Castelinho is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 2000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 650 of of Porto wines
In the top 650 of natural sweet wines
In the top 40000 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: Deep

A rich, complex wine that lingers on the palate and gradually reveals a strong potential for aroma and structure.

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