Winery Vieira de SousaQuinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca and the Touriga franca.
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 Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port from the Winery Vieira de Sousa
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port of Winery Vieira de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port
Original food and wine pairings with Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port
The Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port of Winery Vieira de Sousa matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, meringue for dummies or ham and roquefort clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vieira de Sousa's Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Quinta da Agua Alta 10 Years Tawny Port from Winery Vieira de Sousa are 1997, 0
Informations about the Winery Vieira de Sousa
The Winery Vieira de Sousa is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Power
Character of a wine that is full-bodied, generous and has a rich bouquet.
