Winery Esporão - Quinta dos Murças Minas

Winery EsporãoQuinta dos Murças Minas

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Quinta dos Murças Minas of Winery Esporão is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Quinta dos Murças Minas from the Winery Esporão

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Quinta dos Murças Minas of Winery Esporão in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Quinta dos Murças Minas of Winery Esporão in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Esporão's Quinta dos Murças Minas.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

Last vintages of this wine

Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2018
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2017
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Quinta dos Murças Minas - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Quinta dos Murças Minas from Winery Esporão are 2013, 2012, 2018, 2017 and 2015.

Informations about the Winery Esporão

The winery offers 70 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Esporão is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 69 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 2000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 400 of of Douro wines
In the top 30000 of red wines
In the top 40000 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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The word of the wine: Color

The colour of wines is characterized by its intensity and its nuances of hue. The intensity is specific to each grape variety, while the nuances of colour are linked to the evolution of the wine over time.

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