Winery Vasconcellos - Special Reserve Porto

Winery VasconcellosSpecial Reserve Porto

4.2
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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 Special Reserve Porto of Winery Vasconcellos is a natural sweet wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are 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 Special Reserve Porto from the Winery Vasconcellos

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Special Reserve Porto of Winery Vasconcellos in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Details and technical informations about Winery Vasconcellos's Special Reserve Porto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Special Reserve Porto - 2008
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Special Reserve Porto from Winery Vasconcellos are 2008

Informations about the Winery Vasconcellos

The winery offers 22 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.5.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Vasconcellos is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 8000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 2500 of of Douro wines
In the top 2500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 200000 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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