Winery Quinta do Vallado - Porto 40 Years Old Tawny

Winery Quinta do ValladoPorto 40 Years Old Tawny

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Porto 40 Years Old Tawny of Winery Quinta do Vallado is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Porto 40 Years Old Tawny of the Winery Quinta do Vallado is in the top 40 of wines of Portugal and in the top 20 of wines of Porto.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Porto 40 Years Old Tawny of Winery Quinta do Vallado in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Food and wine pairings with Porto 40 Years Old Tawny

Pairings that work perfectly with Porto 40 Years Old Tawny

Original food and wine pairings with Porto 40 Years Old Tawny

The Porto 40 Years Old Tawny of Winery Quinta do Vallado matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pot-au-feu or ground steak in a seed coat.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Vallado's Porto 40 Years Old Tawny.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Informations about the Winery Quinta do Vallado

The winery offers 40 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 Vallado is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 45 of of Portugal wines
In the top 25 of of Porto wines
In the top 25 of natural sweet wines
In the top 900 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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