Winery VallegreDouro Colheita Branco
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Douro Colheita Branco from the Winery Vallegre
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Colheita Branco of Winery Vallegre in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Douro Colheita Branco of Winery Vallegre in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Colheita Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Colheita Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Colheita Branco
The Douro Colheita Branco of Winery Vallegre matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of pasta with mussels, zakouski: russian appetizer or quick and easy thai fish papillote.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vallegre's Douro Colheita Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Roussanne
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Colheita Branco from Winery Vallegre are 2019, 2018, 2016, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Vallegre
The Winery Vallegre is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Wiring
Action of periodically filling barrels containing wine, in order to offset evaporation and maintain a maximum level. The topping up allows to avoid the phenomenon of oxidation.
