Winery LacrauField Blend
Red wine
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 Field Blend from the Winery Lacrau
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Field Blend of Winery Lacrau 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 Field Blend of Winery Lacrau in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of licorice, plum or black fruits.
Food and wine pairings with Field Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with Field Blend
Original food and wine pairings with Field Blend
The Field Blend of Winery Lacrau matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of lomo saltado, wok of chinese noodles with vegetables or marielle's lamb and eggplant parmentier.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lacrau's Field Blend.
Discover the grape variety: Dattier de Saint Vallier
Table grape with long bunches and elongated golden berries, thin skin and crisp flesh, pleasant sweet flavour. Rarely vinified. Grown for fresh consumption in south-east France and Spain, valued for its attractive appearance, pleasant taste and good cold-storage life. French white table grape variety obtained in 1922 at Saint-Vallier (Drôme), a cross of chasselas × dattier de Beyrouth.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Field Blend from Winery Lacrau are 2017, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Lacrau
The Winery Lacrau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
Cradle of Port: opulent fortified wine with notes of candied black fruit, cocoa, fig, walnut and spice, from young fruity Ruby to oxidative amber Tawny, plus age-worthy LBV and Vintage of exceptional cellaring. Also great dry Douro DOC reds, structured and deep (violet, black-fruited Touriga Nacional, elegant Touriga Franca, spicy Tinta Roriz). A few fresh Douro whites. Terraced vineyards (~40,000 ha) UNESCO on schist.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Consistency
In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.
