Winery Real Companhia Velha - Vintage Port

Winery Real Companhia VelhaVintage Port

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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 region.
The Vintage Port of Winery Real Companhia Velha 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.
The Vintage Port of the Winery Real Companhia Velha is in the top 50 of wines of Porto.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, chocolate

Wine with earth taste

honey, smoke

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon

On the nose the Vintage Port of Winery Real Companhia Velha in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, caramel or raisin.

Food and wine pairings with Vintage Port

Pairings that work perfectly with Vintage Port

Original food and wine pairings with Vintage Port

The Vintage Port of Winery Real Companhia Velha matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido) or savoy soup.

Details and technical informations about Winery Real Companhia Velha's Vintage Port.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Intensely coloured, warm reds, sun-drenched with generous alcohol, with aromas of red and black candied fruits, plum, gentle spices and cocoa notes. Ripe tannins and a broad palate. Traditional partner of touriga nacional and touriga franca in the blends of great Port wines (especially Tawny and Ruby) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes.

Last vintages of this wine

Vintage Port - 2012
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Vintage Port - 2011
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Vintage Port - 2009
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Vintage Port - 2008
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Vintage Port - 2007
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Vintage Port - 2005
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Vintage Port - 2004
In the top 50 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Vintage Port from Winery Real Companhia Velha are 1967, 2002, 1987, 1984 and 1978.

Informations about the Winery Real Companhia Velha

The winery offers 99 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Real Companhia Velha.
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 Real Companhia Velha is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 85 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 150 of of Portugal wines
In the top 55 of of Porto wines
In the top 60 of natural sweet wines
In the top 2500 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.


The wine region of Duriense

Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.

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