Winery Vale D. Maria - Reserva Porto

Winery Vale D. MariaReserva Porto

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Reserva Porto of Winery Vale D. Maria is a natural sweet wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
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 Reserva Porto from the Winery Vale D. Maria

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Reserva Porto of Winery Vale D. Maria in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Reserva Porto of Winery Vale D. Maria in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Vale D. Maria's Reserva Porto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Reserva Porto - 2017
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Reserva Porto - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Reserva Porto - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Reserva Porto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Reserva Porto - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Reserva Porto - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Reserva Porto - 2011
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Reserva Porto from Winery Vale D. Maria are 2004, 2009, 2016, 2008 and 2006.

Informations about the Winery Vale D. Maria

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This winery is part of the Van Zellers & Co..
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Vale D. Maria is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 2000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 600 of of Douro wines
In the top 600 of natural sweet wines
In the top 35000 wines of the world

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 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.

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