Winery Rio TávoraDouro Reserva Branco
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Douro Reserva Branco from the Winery Rio Távora
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Reserva Branco of Winery Rio Távora in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Reserva Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Reserva Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Reserva Branco
The Douro Reserva Branco of Winery Rio Távora matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, chorizo rillettes or laksa soup (malaysia).
Details and technical informations about Winery Rio Távora's Douro Reserva Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Oeillade noire
Probably originating in the Languedoc, oeillade Noire is known by other names such as olhada, aragnan noir, ulhat, hulliade or croque. This variety should not be confused with Cinsault, which is highly productive, producing up to 5kg per vine, and is particularly noted for its drooping habit and vigour. The black eye is a late bloomer. Oidium, mildew and grey rot are its main enemies. It requires a rather short pruning, coulure and millerandage could harm its development and the grapes it would bear. It prefers a good exposure and reaches maturity around the second half of August. Its bunches are of medium size and its fruits have a great resemblance to those of the Cinsault. They have been eaten fresh at the table for a long time. The wine produced from this variety is quite alcoholic and has a colour similar to that of a cherry. The variety is no longer multiplied and seems to be on the way out.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Reserva Branco from Winery Rio Távora are 2017, 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Rio Távora
The Winery Rio Távora is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro 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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
