Winery Casa FerreirinhaBarca Velha Douro
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
The Barca Velha Douro of the Winery Casa Ferreirinha is in the top 5 of wines of Portugal and in the top 5 of wines of Douro.
Taste structure of the Barca Velha Douro from the Winery Casa Ferreirinha
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Barca Velha Douro of Winery Casa Ferreirinha in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Barca Velha Douro of Winery Casa Ferreirinha in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Barca Velha Douro
Pairings that work perfectly with Barca Velha Douro
Original food and wine pairings with Barca Velha Douro
The Barca Velha Douro of Winery Casa Ferreirinha matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, spaghetti with old-fashioned tomato sauce or marinated lamb chops (honey, worcestershire sauce, olive oil).
Details and technical informations about Winery Casa Ferreirinha's Barca Velha Douro.
Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão
- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Barca Velha Douro from Winery Casa Ferreirinha are 2006, 2002, 2000, 1999 and 1982.
Informations about the Winery Casa Ferreirinha
The Winery Casa Ferreirinha is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 35 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: Hairy Grenache
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