Winery VasconcellosMuito Velho 40 Anos Porto
Natural sweet wine
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.
The Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto of the Winery Vasconcellos is in the top 40 of wines of Portugal and in the top 10 of wines of Porto.
Taste structure of the Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto from the Winery Vasconcellos
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto of Winery Vasconcellos in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto of Winery Vasconcellos in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto
Original food and wine pairings with Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto
The Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto of Winery Vasconcellos matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of sauté of lamb with curry, chocolate mousse or butternut pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vasconcellos's Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto.
Discover the grape variety: La Crescent
A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Muito Velho 40 Anos Porto from Winery Vasconcellos are 0
Informations about the Winery Vasconcellos
The Winery Vasconcellos is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 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: Reserve wine (champagne)
Older wines, kept in vats or aged in wood in some houses, or kept in magnums at Bollinger. A small percentage of these wines are used in the blending of non-vintage wines in order to bring greater aromatic complexity.
