Winery Quinta do PortalPorto Late Bottled Vintage
Natural sweet wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Touriga Nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Porto Late Bottled Vintage of Winery Quinta do Portal in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Porto Late Bottled Vintage
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto Late Bottled Vintage
Original food and wine pairings with Porto Late Bottled Vintage
The Porto Late Bottled Vintage of Winery Quinta do Portal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of thai beef skewers or matouille or hot tome des bauges (savoie).
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Portal's Porto Late Bottled Vintage.
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 Late Bottled Vintage from Winery Quinta do Portal are 2000, 2009, 2007, 2005 and 2003.
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: Balance
Harmony of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. The balance is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.
