Winery ContemporalBranco Meio Seco

Sparkling wine of Duriense of Portugal

3.5

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Branco Meio Seco of Winery Contemporal is a sparkling wine from the region of Duriense.
This wine generally goes well with

Discover the grape variety: Villard

Villard noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. Villard noir can be found in several vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Last vintages of this wine

Branco Meio Seco - 2019

In the top 100 of of Duriense wines

Average rating: 3.3

Branco Meio Seco - 2018

In the top 100 of of Duriense wines

Average rating: 3.6

Branco Meio Seco - 2014

In the top 100 of of Duriense wines

Average rating: 3.7

The best vintages of Branco Meio Seco from Winery Contemporal are 2014, 2018, 2019

Informations about the Winery Contemporal

The winery offers 49 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.

It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Duriense

The Winery Contemporal is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 48 wines for sale in the of Duriense to come and discover on site or to buy online.

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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