The Winery Dona Francisca of Douro of Duriense

Winery Dona Francisca
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 358 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Dona Francisca is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Dona Francisca wines

Looking for the best Winery Dona Francisca wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Dona Francisca wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Dona Francisca wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Dona Francisca

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Dona Francisca

How Winery Dona Francisca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of zarzuela mayonapo, salted muffins with bacon and grated cheese or cod with chive cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Dona Francisca

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Dona Francisca. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Dona Francisca

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Dona Francisca.

  • Rabigato
  • Viosinho
  • Codega de Larinho

Discovering 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 top red wines of Winery Dona Francisca

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Dona Francisca

How Winery Dona Francisca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, tagliatelle with carbonara or lamb chops marinated with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Dona Francisca

On the nose the red wine of Winery Dona Francisca. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Dona Francisca. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Dona Francisca

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Dona Francisca.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Francisca

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

News about Winery Dona Francisca and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute

The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

Graham’s Port launches Bicentenary Collection

The £25,000 collection, of which only 30 will be produced, includes six classic Graham’s Vintage Ports and six Single Harvest Tawny Ports, with the first edition due to be auctioned by Christie’s in December. Founded in 1820, Graham’s marked its bicentennial in 2020, but the launch of the cabinet was delayed until now because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Graham’s said the collection included wines that had been ‘hailed as some of the greatest declarations of the last two centuries’, including class ...

The word of the wine: Secondary aromas

Aromas resulting from the fermentation and maturation of the wine before bottling. The aging in barrels modifies considerably the texture and the flavours of the wine.

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