The Winery Vieira de Sousa of Douro of Duriense

Winery Vieira de Sousa - +40 Anos White Port
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Vieira de Sousa.
It is ranked in the top 377 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Vieira de Sousa is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vieira de Sousa wines

Looking for the best Winery Vieira de Sousa wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vieira de Sousa 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 Vieira de Sousa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa

How Winery Vieira de Sousa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of improved horse steak, grandma's cherry clafoutis or oysters au gratin with roquefort sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the natural sweet wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

  • 1997With an average score of 4.45/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa.

  • Tinta Roriz
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Amarela
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinto Cao
  • Gouveio

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 white wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa

How Winery Vieira de Sousa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of seafood and mushroom quiche, sunshine pie with tomato pesto and pine nuts or haddock with milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

On the nose the white wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa.

  • Rabigato
  • Viosinho
  • Gouveio
  • Verdelho

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

The top red wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa

How Winery Vieira de Sousa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, pasta with mussels or caramelized lamb mice.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

On the nose the red wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Vieira de Sousa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa

  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.89/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Vieira de Sousa.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinto Cao
  • Tinta Amarela

The word of the wine: Grand cru classé

In the Bordeaux region, this refers to certain châteaux in the Médoc and also in Saint-Émilion which are classified.

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

News about Winery Vieira de Sousa 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 ...

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

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: Grand cru classé

In the Bordeaux region, this refers to certain châteaux in the Médoc and also in Saint-Émilion which are classified.

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