Winery AliançaBairrada Reserva Bruto
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with pork
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Bairrada Reserva Bruto of Winery Aliança in the region of Beiras often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Bairrada Reserva Bruto
Pairings that work perfectly with Bairrada Reserva Bruto
Original food and wine pairings with Bairrada Reserva Bruto
The Bairrada Reserva Bruto of Winery Aliança matches generally quite well with dishes of pork such as recipes of simple pork roast.
Discover the grape variety: Baga
Structured and tannic reds with a deep colour and high acidity, on aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, spices, leather, tobacco and mineral notes. Tannic and late-ripening, it requires long ageing to round out, then offers fine keeping potential. The absolute star of Bairrada DOC in central Portugal (clay-limestone baga soils), also made as traditional method sparkling wines and taut rosés. Native Portuguese variety, long underrated and now rehabilitated.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bairrada Reserva Bruto from Winery Aliança are 2017, 2014, 2016, 2015 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Aliança
The Winery Aliança is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 116 wines for sale in the of Bairrada to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bairrada
Portuguese DOC of the central-west, kingdom of native Baga (>50%). Dense, structured reds with signature notes of black cherry, plum, eucalyptus, tobacco and earthy notes, firm tannins and lively acidity — wines of very long ageing. Also fruity Castelão and perfumed Touriga Nacional. Floral Maria Gomes (Fernão Pires), lively Arinto, mineral Bical whites.
The wine region of Beiras
Vast region of north-central Portugal, a fragmented mosaic of distinct sub-regions. In the west, Bairrada makes dense Baga reds with notes of black cherry, blackberry and leather, firm tannins — the base of the great Portuguese sparkling wines. In the centre, Dao produces fine Touriga Nacional reds (violet, raspberry, spice) and elegant Encruzado whites (flowers, citrus, butter). To the continental east, fleshy Touriga of Beira Interior and aromatic Fernao Pires.
The word of the wine: Oenologist
Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.
