The Winery Vale D. Maria of Douro of Duriense

Winery Vale D. Maria
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This estate is part of the Van Zellers & Co..
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense
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The Winery Vale D. Maria is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vale D. Maria wines

Looking for the best Winery Vale D. Maria wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vale D. Maria 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 Vale D. Maria wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vale D. Maria

How Winery Vale D. Maria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of lamb skewers, pasta with parmesan cream and ham or lamb tagine with prunes and almonds.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

On the nose the red wine of Winery Vale D. Maria. often reveals types of flavors of oak, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Vale D. Maria. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

  • 2001With an average score of 4.45/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.37/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.19/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Vale D. Maria.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Amarela
  • Souzao
  • Rufete

Discovering 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 top natural sweet wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Vale D. Maria

How Winery Vale D. Maria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, mature and hard cheese or blue cheese such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis, tartiflette with 3 cheeses or courgette and roquefort pie.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Vale D. Maria. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vanilla or dark chocolate and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, raisin or prune. In the mouth the natural sweet wine of Winery Vale D. Maria. is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

  • 2009With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Vale D. Maria.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Souzao
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinta Amarela

Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

It is a crossbreed made in 1855 by Louis and Henri Bouschet from an intraspecific crossing between Grenache noir and Petit Bouschet. The Alicante Henri Bouschet is less and less multiplied, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of vine of wine grapes list A.

The top white wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vale D. Maria

How Winery Vale D. Maria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of pasta with vongoles (flat clams), parmesan crisps or small fry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vale D. Maria

  • 2019With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.93/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Vale D. Maria.

  • Rabigato
  • Gouveio
  • Viosinho
  • Codega de Larinho
  • Arinto de Bucelas

The word of the wine: Oxidative (breeding)

A method of ageing which aims to give the wine certain aromas of evolution (dried fruit, bitter orange, coffee, rancio, etc.) by exposing it to the air; it is then matured either in barrels, demi-muids or unoaked casks, sometimes stored in the open air, or in barrels exposed to the sun and to temperature variations. This type of maturation characterizes certain natural sweet wines, ports and other liqueur wines.

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.

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