Winery Casa FerreirinhaCastas Escondidas Douro
Red wine
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.
Taste structure of the Castas Escondidas Douro from the Winery Casa Ferreirinha
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Castas Escondidas Douro of Winery Casa Ferreirinha in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Food and wine pairings with Castas Escondidas Douro
Pairings that work perfectly with Castas Escondidas Douro
Original food and wine pairings with Castas Escondidas Douro
The Castas Escondidas Douro of Winery Casa Ferreirinha matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, homemade italian lasagna or lamb mice confit in port wine.
Details and technical informations about Winery Casa Ferreirinha's Castas Escondidas Douro.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional
Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Castas Escondidas Douro from Winery Casa Ferreirinha are 2018, 0
Informations about the Winery Casa Ferreirinha
The Winery Casa Ferreirinha is one of of the world's great 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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
