Winery Piteira - Fonte da Perdiz Tinto

Winery PiteiraFonte da Perdiz Tinto

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Fonte da Perdiz Tinto of Winery Piteira is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
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.
The Fonte da Perdiz Tinto of the Winery Piteira is in the top 10 of wines of Douro.

Taste structure of the Fonte da Perdiz Tinto from the Winery Piteira

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Fonte da Perdiz Tinto of Winery Piteira in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Details and technical informations about Winery Piteira's Fonte da Perdiz Tinto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
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

Fonte da Perdiz Tinto - 2019
In the top 10 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Fonte da Perdiz Tinto - 2018
In the top 10 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Fonte da Perdiz Tinto - 2017
In the top 10 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Fonte da Perdiz Tinto - 2015
In the top 10 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Fonte da Perdiz Tinto from Winery Piteira are 2019, 2015, 2017, 2018

Informations about the Winery Piteira

The winery offers 24 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Piteira is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 7500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 15 of of Douro wines
In the top 95000 of red wines
In the top 200000 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: Length

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

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