The Winery Encosta Longa of Douro of Duriense

Winery Encosta Longa
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1370 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Encosta Longa is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Encosta Longa wines

Looking for the best Winery Encosta Longa wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Encosta Longa 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 Encosta Longa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Encosta Longa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Encosta Longa

How Winery Encosta Longa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef with mustard, pasta with chicken or merguez - courgettes gratin (leftover barbecue).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Encosta Longa

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Encosta Longa. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Encosta Longa

  • 2004With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Encosta Longa.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tempranillo

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 white wines of Winery Encosta Longa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Encosta Longa

How Winery Encosta Longa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of paella from an old spanish grandmother..., gougèress or céteaux (la rochelle).

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Encosta Longa

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

News about Winery Encosta Longa and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2023

Inside the January 2023 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES Wines of the Year The best wines of 2022, nominated and retasted by Decanter experts Anniversary wines for 2023 Anthony Rose picks out his perfect wines for 2023’s big celebrations Vintage preview: Burgundy 2021 A difficult vintage but some great wines, writes Charles Curtis MW Sonoma County’s cool side Brooke Herron profiles three of the region’s cool-climate AVAs Bag in box – a Decanter guide Natalie Earl on the 25 best bag in box wi ...

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, ...

The word of the wine: Sweet

Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.

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