The Winery Mariposa of Dão of Beiras

Winery Mariposa - Sombrio L&uacutecia Freitas
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 117 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Dão in the region of Beiras

The Winery Mariposa is one of the best wineries to follow in Dão.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Dão to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mariposa wines

Looking for the best Winery Mariposa wines in Dão among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Mariposa wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Mariposa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Mariposa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mariposa

How Winery Mariposa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops or scallops express with cognac, tempura of vegetables and quick or seafood gratin, quick and tasty!.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mariposa

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mariposa. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Mariposa. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mariposa

  • 2014With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.74/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Mariposa.

  • Grenache
  • Encruzado

Discovering the wine region of Dão

The wine region of Dão is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Dão, producing 1397 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dão go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Mariposa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mariposa

How Winery Mariposa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, thomas's shoulder of lamb or wild boar stew (without marinade or wine).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mariposa

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mariposa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mariposa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mariposa

  • 2013With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Mariposa.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Alfrocheiro Preto
  • Jaen

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Mariposa

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Mariposa

How Winery Mariposa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of meat and goat pie or jack be little in a hat ....

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Mariposa

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Mariposa.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Alfrocheiro Preto

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.

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.

News about Winery Mariposa and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

DBR Lafite CEO Jean-Guillaume Prats to step down

Jean-Guillaume Prats is set to leave the business around four years after being appointed CEO and president of Domaines Barons de Rothschild (DBR Lafite). A DBR Lafite spokesperson said Prats would leave before the end of the year, in order to ‘devote himself to his family business and to consulting’. Group chairwoman Saskia de Rothschild will take over the executive management of DBR Lafite as of December. Prats’ arrival at DBR Lafite was announced in November 2017 as part of a leadership ...

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.