Winery BacalhôaForal dos Quatro Ventos Superior
Red wine
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 Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior of the Winery Bacalhôa is in the top 70 of wines of Douro.
Taste structure of the Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior from the Winery Bacalhôa
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior of Winery Bacalhôa in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior of Winery Bacalhôa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior
Pairings that work perfectly with Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior
Original food and wine pairings with Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior
The Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior of Winery Bacalhôa matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, ham lasagness or lebanese lamb meatball.
Details and technical informations about Winery Bacalhôa's Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior.
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
The best vintages of Foral dos Quatro Ventos Superior from Winery Bacalhôa are 2018, 2015, 2013, 2019 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Bacalhôa
The Winery Bacalhôa is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 60 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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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