Winery Vale D. MariaVintage Port
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 mature and hard cheese.
Taste structure of the Vintage Port from the Winery Vale D. Maria
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Vintage Port 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 Vintage Port 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.
Food and wine pairings with Vintage Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Vintage Port
Original food and wine pairings with Vintage Port
The Vintage Port of Winery Vale D. Maria matches generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese or blue cheese such as recipes of my godmother's sausage salad or tomato and roquefort tart.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vale D. Maria's Vintage Port.
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 Vintage Port from Winery Vale D. Maria are 2017, 2015, 2005, 2016 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Vale D. Maria
The Winery Vale D. Maria is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 32 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: Slight
Supple and easy to drink wine.
