Winery SymingtonPorto Reserva Especial
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the Porto Reserva Especial from the Winery Symington
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Porto Reserva Especial of Winery Symington in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with Porto Reserva Especial
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto Reserva Especial
Original food and wine pairings with Porto Reserva Especial
The Porto Reserva Especial of Winery Symington matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of beef stew, very simple muffins or pasta with roquefort cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Symington's Porto Reserva Especial.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Porto Reserva Especial from Winery Symington are 2014, 0
Informations about the Winery Symington
The Winery Symington is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto 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: Blanc de blancs (champagne)
Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.
