Winery Vale do Rodo - Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva

Winery Vale do RodoCabeça de Burro Reserva

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cabeça de Burro Reserva of Winery Vale do Rodo is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
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 lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Cabeça de Burro Reserva from the Winery Vale do Rodo

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Cabeça de Burro Reserva of Winery Vale do Rodo in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, chocolate

Wine with spices taste

pepper, cinnamon

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with earth taste

balsamic, earthy

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Cabeça de Burro Reserva of Winery Vale do Rodo in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Vale do Rodo's Cabeça de Burro Reserva.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2018
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Cabe&ccedila de Burro Reserva - 2011
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Cabeça de Burro Reserva from Winery Vale do Rodo are 2016, 1997, 2018, 2015 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Vale do Rodo

The winery offers 33 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

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.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 4000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 1500 of of Douro wines
In the top 55000 of red wines
In the top 85000 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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