Winery EsporãoQuinta dos Murças Reserva Douro
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca 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.
The Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro of the Winery Esporão is in the top 100 of wines of Douro.
Taste structure of the Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro from the Winery Esporão
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro 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 Reserva Douro of Winery Esporão in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or toasty and sometimes also flavors of mint, toffee or almonds.
Food and wine pairings with Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro
Pairings that work perfectly with Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro
Original food and wine pairings with Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro
The Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro of Winery Esporão matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, pasta and peppers or lamb tagine with apricots.
Details and technical informations about Winery Esporão's Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro.
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 Quinta dos Murças Reserva Douro from Winery Esporão are 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Esporão
The Winery Esporão is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 69 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.
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The word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
