Winery Alves de SousaVale da Raposa Sousão

Red wine of Douro of Duriense of Portugal

4.1

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Vale da Raposa Sousão 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 Vale da Raposa Sousão from the Winery Alves de Sousa

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Vale da Raposa Sousão 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

Spices

On the nose the Vale da Raposa Sousão of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Vale da Raposa Sousão

Pairings that work perfectly with Vale da Raposa Sousão

Original food and wine pairings with Vale da Raposa Sousão

Pasta

The Vale da Raposa Sousão of Winery Alves de Sousa matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, pasta alla norma or rack of lamb with antiboise sauce.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Vale da Raposa Sousão.

Winery

Winery Alves de Sousa

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Alcohol

14.5°

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Ravat 51

An interspecific cross obtained by Jean-François Ravat around 1930. Some people give it as parents the 6905 Seibel - or subéreux - and the pinot, to be confirmed however. It can still be found in North America and England, but is practically unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Vale da Raposa Sousão - 2015

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 4.1

Vale da Raposa Sousão - 2013

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 4

Vale da Raposa Sousão - 2011

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 4.2

The best vintages of Vale da Raposa Sousão from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2011, 2015, 2013

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 20 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.

In the top 3000 of of Portugal wines

In the top 900 of of Douro wines

In the top 35000 of red wines

In the top 55000 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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