Winery Casa d'ArrochellaGrandes Quintas Colheita Tinto
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.
Taste structure of the Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto from the Winery Casa d'Arrochella
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto of Winery Casa d'Arrochella 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 Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto of Winery Casa d'Arrochella in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, plum or leather.
Food and wine pairings with Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto
Pairings that work perfectly with Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto
Original food and wine pairings with Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto
The Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto of Winery Casa d'Arrochella matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of roast beef in a foie gras and chanterelle crust, chinese soy and chicken noodles (wok style) or chiche kebab in armenian.
Details and technical informations about Winery Casa d'Arrochella's Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto.
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 Grandes Quintas Colheita Tinto from Winery Casa d'Arrochella are 2011, 2015, 2012, 2007 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Casa d'Arrochella
The Winery Casa d'Arrochella is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 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.
The word of the wine: Arching
A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.
