Winery Horta Osorio - Sousão

Winery Horta OsorioSousão

4.1
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(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 Sousão of Winery Horta Osorio is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Sousão from the Winery Horta Osorio

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sousão of Winery Horta Osorio in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Horta Osorio's Sousão.

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

Discover the grape variety: De Chaunac

Interspecific crossing between 5163 Seibel (2 Gaillard x 2510 Seibel) and 793 Seibel obtained by Albert Seibel (1844-1936). De Chaunac is related to the chelois and the chancellor. It can be found in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, ... in France it was little multiplied and therefore almost endangered.

Last vintages of this wine

Sousão - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Sousão - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Sousão - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Sousão - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Sousão from Winery Horta Osorio are 2015, 2012, 2016, 2014

Informations about the Winery Horta Osorio

The winery offers 11 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
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 Horta Osorio is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 1500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 550 of of Douro wines
In the top 20000 of red wines
In the top 30000 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: Glycerol

Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.

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