Winery Quinta do PortalPorto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old
Natural sweet wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Touriga Franca.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old of Winery Quinta do Portal in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old
Original food and wine pairings with Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old
The Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old of Winery Quinta do Portal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef in a crust or farfalle à la montagnarde.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Portal's Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Porto Aged Tawny 10 Years Old from Winery Quinta do Portal are 2014, 2015, 0, 2013
Informations about the Winery Quinta do Portal
The Winery Quinta do Portal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 90 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Red winemaking
Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.
