The Winery Somnium of Duriense

Winery Somnium
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 456 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Duriense

The Winery Somnium is one of the best wineries to follow in Duriense.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Duriense to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Somnium wines

Looking for the best Winery Somnium wines in Duriense among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Somnium wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Somnium wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Somnium

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Somnium

How Winery Somnium wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of marco polo salad, fresh vegetable dips and their sauces for the aperitif or my brazilian sister-in-law's coconut milk fish.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Somnium

On the nose the white wine of Winery Somnium. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Somnium. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Somnium

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Somnium.

  • Gouveio
  • Rabigato
  • Viosinho
  • Codega de Larinho
  • Malvasia Bianca Lunga

Discovering 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.

Donzelinho branco is one of the authorized Grape permitted to be blended in the wines of Duriense.

The top red wines of Winery Somnium

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Somnium

How Winery Somnium wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of sloth pork loin, pasta stuffed with meat or lamb collar with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Somnium

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Somnium. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Somnium

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Somnium.

  • Touriga Nacional

Discover the grape variety: Codivarta

Codivarta blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Corsica). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. Codivarta blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Somnium

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Discover the grape variety: Muscadoule

This direct-producing hybrid is the result of an interspecific cross between Villard blanc and Muscat de Hambourg, obtained in 1937 by Galibert Alfred and Coulondre Eric. Almost no longer multiplied, it is now clearly on the verge of extinction.

News about Winery Somnium and wines from the region

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Carruades de Lafite 2021 release ‘looks attractive’

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The word of the wine: Gouleyant

Characteristic of supple and light wines, particularly new wines.

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