Winery Lilac - Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto

Winery LilacGarcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto

4.3
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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 Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto of Winery Lilac 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 beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto from the Winery Lilac

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto of Winery Lilac in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Details and technical informations about Winery Lilac's Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Last vintages of this wine

Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto - 2009
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Garcia de Castro Grande Reserva Tinto from Winery Lilac are 2013, 2009

Informations about the Winery Lilac

The winery offers 2 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
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 Lilac is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 350 of of Portugal wines
In the top 150 of of Douro wines
In the top 5000 of red wines
In the top 6500 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: Shipping (liquor)

In champagne and wines made according to the traditional method, wine is added before corking to fill the void in the bottle created by disgorging. This added wine is often sweetened by sugar incorporated in variable proportions according to the style of wine sought (see dosage). Syn.: liqueur de dosage.

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