Winery Vieira de Sousa10 Anos Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão and the Touriga franca.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Taste structure of the 10 Anos Porto from the Winery Vieira de Sousa
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the 10 Anos Porto of Winery Vieira de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with 10 Anos Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with 10 Anos Porto
Original food and wine pairings with 10 Anos Porto
The 10 Anos Porto of Winery Vieira de Sousa matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, chocolate fondant or endive, apple, walnut and roquefort salad.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vieira de Sousa's 10 Anos Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Intensely coloured, warm reds, sun-drenched with generous alcohol, with aromas of red and black candied fruits, plum, gentle spices and cocoa notes. Ripe tannins and a broad palate. Traditional partner of touriga nacional and touriga franca in the blends of great Port wines (especially Tawny and Ruby) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 10 Anos Porto from Winery Vieira de Sousa are 2009, 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 Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Varietal
Said of wine aromas that are reminiscent of fresh grapes. The most demonstrative example is certainly that of wines made from the Muscat grape variety.
