Winery D. GraçaVinhas Antigas Reserva
Red wine
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 Vinhas Antigas Reserva from the Winery D. Graça
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Vinhas Antigas Reserva of Winery D. Graça in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Food and wine pairings with Vinhas Antigas Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Vinhas Antigas Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Vinhas Antigas Reserva
The Vinhas Antigas Reserva of Winery D. Graça matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, pasta with veal stock sauce or lamb chops marinated with herbs.
Details and technical informations about Winery D. Graça's Vinhas Antigas Reserva.
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
The best vintages of Vinhas Antigas Reserva from Winery D. Graça are 2009, 2011, 0, 2008
Informations about the Winery D. Graça
The Winery D. Graça is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 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: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
