Winery SandemanQuinta do Vau Vintage Port
Natural sweet wine
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 Quinta do Vau Vintage Port of the Winery Sandeman is in the top 90 of wines of Porto.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Quinta do Vau Vintage Port of Winery Sandeman 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 Quinta do Vau Vintage Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Quinta do Vau Vintage Port
Original food and wine pairings with Quinta do Vau Vintage Port
The Quinta do Vau Vintage Port of Winery Sandeman matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef coarse salt or celery, apple and comté salad for kids.
Details and technical informations about Winery Sandeman's Quinta do Vau Vintage Port.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca
Aromatic and refined reds with an elegant structure, featuring raspberry, blackberry, rose, lavender, cistus and gentle spice aromas. Soft tannins and silky balance that smooths blends. Essential partner to Touriga Nacional in great Port wines (Vintage, LBV, Tawny) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety, the most planted in the Douro, related to Touriga Nacional.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Quinta do Vau Vintage Port from Winery Sandeman are 2005, 2001, 2011, 2000 and 1988.
Informations about the Winery Sandeman
The Winery Sandeman is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 69 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Maceration
Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.
