Winery Vale do RodoCabeça de Burro
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca and the Touriga franca.
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 Cabeça de Burro from the Winery Vale do Rodo
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cabeça de Burro of Winery Vale do Rodo 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 Cabeça de Burro of Winery Vale do Rodo in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, dark fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cabeça de Burro
Pairings that work perfectly with Cabeça de Burro
Original food and wine pairings with Cabeça de Burro
The Cabeça de Burro of Winery Vale do Rodo matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), leek and salmon lasagna or couscous without couscous maker.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vale do Rodo's Cabeça de Burro.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Intensely coloured, warm reds, sun-drenched with generous alcohol, with aromas of red and black candied fruits, plum, gentle spices and cocoa notes. Ripe tannins and a broad palate. Traditional partner of touriga nacional and touriga franca in the blends of great Port wines (especially Tawny and Ruby) and modern dry Douro DOC. Native Portuguese variety from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabeça de Burro from Winery Vale do Rodo are 2008, 1997, 2015, 2011 and 2010.
Informations about the Winery Vale do Rodo
The Winery Vale do Rodo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
Cradle of Port: opulent fortified wine with notes of candied black fruit, cocoa, fig, walnut and spice, from young fruity Ruby to oxidative amber Tawny, plus age-worthy LBV and Vintage of exceptional cellaring. Also great dry Douro DOC reds, structured and deep (violet, black-fruited Touriga Nacional, elegant Touriga Franca, spicy Tinta Roriz). A few fresh Douro whites. Terraced vineyards (~40,000 ha) UNESCO on schist.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Bite
Said of a wine with exacerbated acidity.
