Winery Freixo de NumãoCabeço do Lobo Tinto

Red wine of Douro of Duriense of Portugal

3.5

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Cabeço do Lobo Tinto of Winery Freixo de Numão is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
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 lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Cabeço do Lobo Tinto from the Winery Freixo de Numão

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Cabeço do Lobo Tinto of Winery Freixo de Numão in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

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Pasta

The Cabeço do Lobo Tinto of Winery Freixo de Numão matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of savoyard matafans, tagliatelle with mushrooms or pastillas with lamb and apricots.

Details and technical informations about Winery Freixo de Numão's Cabeço do Lobo Tinto.

Winery

Winery Freixo de Numão

Grape varieties

Tinta Barroca , Touriga nacional

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Allergens

Contains sulfites

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

Cabeço do Lobo Tinto - 2007

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 3.3

The best vintages of Cabeço do Lobo Tinto from Winery Freixo de Numão are 2007

Informations about the Winery Freixo de Numão

The winery offers 10 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Freixo de Numão is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 20000 of of Portugal wines

In the top 5500 of of Douro wines

In the top 350000 of red wines

In the top 650000 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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