Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo) - Porto Special Reserve

Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo)Porto Special Reserve

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
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The Porto Special Reserve of Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo) is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
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 Porto Special Reserve from the Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo)

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Porto Special Reserve of Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo) in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo)'s Porto Special Reserve.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
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

Porto Special Reserve - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Porto Special Reserve - 2010
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Porto Special Reserve from Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo) are 2013, 2010

Informations about the Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo)

The winery offers 18 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Grifo (Terras do Grifo) is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 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 3500 of of Porto wines
In the top 3500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 350000 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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