Winery Horácio Simões - Single Cask Moscatel Roxo

Winery Horácio SimõesSingle Cask Moscatel Roxo

4.4
Note - 1Note - 1Note - 1Note - 1Note - 0
(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Single Cask Moscatel Roxo of Winery Horácio Simões is a sweet wine from the region of Setúbal of Península de Setúbal.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese and sweet desserts.
The Single Cask Moscatel Roxo of the Winery Horácio Simões is in the top 50 of wines of Setúbal.

Food and wine pairings with Single Cask Moscatel Roxo

Pairings that work perfectly with Single Cask Moscatel Roxo

Original food and wine pairings with Single Cask Moscatel Roxo

The Single Cask Moscatel Roxo of Winery Horácio Simões matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of birthday cake or apple and roquefort quiche.

Details and technical informations about Winery Horácio Simões's Single Cask Moscatel Roxo.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
17.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Sciaccarello

Sciaccarello noir is a grape variety native to Italy. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. Sciaccarello noir can be found in several vineyards: Provence & Corsica, South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Informations about the Winery Horácio Simões

The winery offers 27 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Setúbal in the region of Península de Setúbal

The Winery Horácio Simões is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Setúbal to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Península de Setúbal
In the top 4500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 60 of of Setúbal wines
In the top 2500 of sweet wines
In the top 90000 wines of the world

The wine region of Set&uacutebal

The wine region of Setúbal is located in the region of Península de Setúbal of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine José Maria da Fonseca or the Domaine Horácio Simões produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Setúbal are Touriga nacional, Fernao Pires and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Setúbal often reveals types of flavors of orange, coffee or toasty and sometimes also flavors of clove, pear or lemon.


The wine region of Península de Setúbal

Setúbal Peninsula (also known as Península de Setúbal) is the Portuguese wine region immediately southeast of Lisbon, across the Tejo estuary. The Terroir in the area ranges from sandy coastal plains to the craggy, limestone-rich Serra Arribida hills. The area is known for its Dry red wines made from Castelão, and for its fortified wines and Sweet Moscatel de Setúbal. The wines produced here are made under three titles: two DOCs, Palmela and Setúbal, and one IGP.

News related to this wine

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

Chablis wines with Joe Fattorini in The Wine Show @Home

In this first episode of a series dedicated to Chablis wines on @The Wine Show @Home, wine expert and TV host Joe Fattorini introduces the vineyards and the wines of Chablis through a tasting of three wines: a Petit Chablis, a Chablis and a Chablis Premier Cru. #PureChablis #BourgogneWines #Chablis ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

Other wines of Winery Horácio Simões

See all wines from Winery Horácio Simões

Other wines of Set&uacutebal

See the best wines from of Set&uacutebal

Other similar sweet wines

See the best sweet wines of Set&uacutebal