Winery Castello d'Alba - Special Cuvée Bruto

Winery Castello d'AlbaSpecial Cuvée Bruto

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Special Cuvée Bruto of Winery Castello d'Alba is a sparkling wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine generally goes well with beef

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Special Cuvée Bruto of Winery Castello d'Alba in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Special Cuvée Bruto

Pairings that work perfectly with Special Cuvée Bruto

Original food and wine pairings with Special Cuvée Bruto

The Special Cuvée Bruto of Winery Castello d'Alba matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of tournedos rossini.

Details and technical informations about Winery Castello d'Alba's Special Cuvée Bruto.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Special Cuvée Bruto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Special Cuvée Bruto - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Special Cuvée Bruto from Winery Castello d'Alba are 2014, 2012

Informations about the Winery Castello d'Alba

The winery offers 22 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Rui Roboredo Madeira.
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 Castello d'Alba is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 9500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 3000 of of Douro wines
In the top 20000 of sparkling wines
In the top 250000 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: Sulphating

Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.

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