The Winery Brites Aguiar of Douro of Duriense

Winery Brites Aguiar - Bafarela Reserva
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 26 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Brites Aguiar is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Brites Aguiar wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Brites Aguiar

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Brites Aguiar

How Winery Brites Aguiar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of cabri en colombo with creole sauce, pasta with 4 cheese sauce or lamb chops with spanish sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Brites Aguiar

On the nose the red wine of Winery Brites Aguiar. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, plum or chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Brites Aguiar. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Brites Aguiar

  • 2006With an average score of 4.43/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.08/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Brites Aguiar.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Barroca

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 pink wines of Winery Brites Aguiar

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Brites Aguiar

How Winery Brites Aguiar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style or ginouflade (kind of truffade or aligot but multi cheese).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Brites Aguiar

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Brites Aguiar.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Amarela

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: 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.

News about Winery Brites Aguiar and wines from the region

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 ...

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Unbalanced

Said of a wine whose different elements are not perceived in a harmonious and pleasant way. This is not necessarily a defect, it can be a wine that is too young and not yet blended.

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