Wines made from Baga grapes of Dão
Discover the best wines made with Baga as a single variety or as a blend of Dão.
More informations about the variety Baga
Most certainly Portuguese.
More informations about the region of Beiras
The wine region of Dão is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Dão, producing 1397 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dão go well with generally quite well with dishes .
What are the typical flavors of the Baga grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 9% of Baga
- EarthPresent in 9% of Baga
- OakPresent in 9% of Baga
- Black fruitPresent in 8% of Baga
- SpicesPresent in 7% of Baga
- Non oakPresent in 5% of Baga
- FloralPresent in 4% of Baga
- Dried fruitPresent in 3% of Baga
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Baga
- OakyPresent in 2% of Baga
- CherryPresent in 2% of Baga
- Dark fruitPresent in 2% of Baga
- LeatherPresent in 2% of Baga
- LicoricePresent in 2% of Baga
- VanillaPresent in 2% of Baga
- EarthyPresent in 2% of Baga
- ChocolatePresent in 2% of Baga
- PlumPresent in 1% of Baga
- CheesePresent in 1% of Baga
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Baga
News about the grape variety Baga
Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’
Layers of colour in the sky before me: indigo, peach, salmon. In the rear-view mirror, the gold was catching fire. As I drove down through the lonely, Mistral-chilled vines of Babeau-Bouldoux towards nearby St-Chinian, I was thinking about what Christine Deleuze of Clos Bagatelle had just said. ‘When you came to visit 10 years ago,’ she reminded me, ‘you said we needed to wait another decade for a market breakthrough. Today you’ve said we need to wait another decade or two. So when, exactly, wil ...
Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes
While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...
Penfolds doubles production capacity in France following Château Lanessan acquisition
The deal includes 390ha of land in the Haut-Médoc appellation, of which 80ha is currently planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, along with the winery. It will allow TWE’s flagship brand, Penfolds, to increase its focus on creating blends featuring grapes from Bordeaux and Barossa. Earlier this year, chief winemaker Peter Gago unveiled Penfolds II, a Cabernet-Shiraz-Merlot blend created in partnership with Dourthe Bordeaux. The wine featured 71% grapes grown in Bordeaux and 29 ...