The Winery Vasques de Carvalho of Douro of Duriense

Winery Vasques de Carvalho - 10 Years Old Tawny Port
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 373 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Vasques de Carvalho is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vasques de Carvalho wines

Looking for the best Winery Vasques de Carvalho wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vasques de Carvalho wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Vasques de Carvalho wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

How Winery Vasques de Carvalho wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter or savoyard crust or cheese crust.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Vasques de Carvalho. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Cão
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Francesa

Discovering 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 top red wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

How Winery Vasques de Carvalho wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, pasta "carbonara" à la française or milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

On the nose the red wine of Winery Vasques de Carvalho. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Vasques de Carvalho. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho

  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Vasques de Carvalho.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Touriga Franca

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

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.

News about Winery Vasques de Carvalho and wines from the region

Port producer proposes new classification for ‘young harvest’ releases

Albino Jorge Sousa, owner of Port estate Quinta da Boeira, said his proposal for a new classification called ‘Full Body-Young Harvest’ Ports would inject cashflow earlier for Port producers. Jorge Sousa urged the Port sector to ‘wake up’ to meet what he said was growing demand for younger Ports from wine buyers and importers over the past two years. His proposal comes amid wider efforts to help reinvigorate the Port category. This year, Portugal’s Port and Douro Wine Institute, the I ...

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Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute

The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

The word of the wine: Over-ripeness

Characteristic of grapes harvested late, rich in sugar, which give wines often mellow and marked by candied aromas.

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