Winery SouzaLBV Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Souza's LBV Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Refosco ped. rosso
Structured and deeply coloured reds with a deep ruby robe, firm tannins and a dense palate, with signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), plum, spices, Mediterranean herbs and balsamic notes. Fine Friulian ageing potential. The star of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC and Friuli Aquileia DOC appellations, defining the great aged reds of Friuli. Abbreviated synonym of Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, native Italian black grape from Friuli.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of LBV Porto from Winery Souza are 2009, 0
Informations about the Winery Souza
The Winery Souza is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 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: Trader-breeder
In the major wine regions, the négociant does not simply buy and resell the wines but, from very young wines, carries out all the maturing operations until bottling.
