Winery Alves de Sousa - Estaç&atildeo Tinto

Winery Alves de SousaEstação Tinto

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 Tinto of Winery Alves de Sousa is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

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

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Estação Tinto of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

cedar

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with spices taste

pepper

On the nose the Estação Tinto of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, leather or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices.

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

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2018
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2017
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 311100
Esta&ccedil&atildeo Tinto - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of Estação Tinto from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2012, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa

The winery offers 66 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 9500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 3000 of of Douro wines
In the top 150000 of red 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: Smooth

Said of a wine that has a mouthfeel reminiscent of the creamy texture of fats.

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