Winery Van ZellersDe Zellaer Reserve Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca 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 De Zellaer Reserve Porto from the Winery Van Zellers
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the De Zellaer Reserve Porto of Winery Van Zellers in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with De Zellaer Reserve Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with De Zellaer Reserve Porto
Original food and wine pairings with De Zellaer Reserve Porto
The De Zellaer Reserve Porto of Winery Van Zellers matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, pancakes or tortellini with gorgonzola and walnuts.
Details and technical informations about Winery Van Zellers's De Zellaer Reserve Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Intensely coloured, warm reds, sun-drenched with generous alcohol, with aromas of red and black candied fruits, plum, gentle spices and cocoa notes. Ripe tannins and a broad palate. Traditional partner of touriga nacional and touriga franca in the blends of great Port wines (especially Tawny and Ruby) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes.
Informations about the Winery Van Zellers
The Winery Van Zellers is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Gluing
Method consisting in clarifying the wine and giving it a limpidity by incorporating a specific product.
