Winery Alves de Sousa - Estação Branco

Winery Alves de SousaEstação Branco

3.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Estação Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa is a white wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Estação Branco from the Winery Alves de Sousa

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Estação Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a with a nice freshness.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Estação Branco.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Completer

Very old vine cultivated in Switzerland (canton of Grisons) where writings relating its presence were found in Malans dating from 1321, its origin would however be Italian. It is related to the white humagne, the bondola bianca, the bondoletta, the marzemino and the lafnetscha its mother. It should be noted that the Completer is today little multiplied in Switzerland, almost unknown in France and even less in the other wine-producing countries.

Last vintages of this wine

Estação Branco - 2017
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 311100
Estação Branco - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 311100
Estação Branco - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Estação Branco - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Estação Branco - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Estação Branco - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Estação Branco - 2011
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.211100

The best vintages of Estação Branco from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2012, 2013, 2015, 2014 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa

The winery offers 70 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 45 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Alves de Sousa is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 15000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 3000 of of Douro wines
In the top 65000 of white wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.

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