Winery MessiasDouro Quinta do Cachão Reserva
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
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 Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva from the Winery Messias
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva of Winery Messias in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva of Winery Messias in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva
The Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva of Winery Messias matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of authentic bolognese sauce (ragù di carne), my lasagna bolognese (without béchamel sauce) or lamb tagine with quince.
Details and technical informations about Winery Messias's Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva.
Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão
- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Quinta do Cachão Reserva from Winery Messias are 2013, 0, 2015, 2014
Informations about the Winery Messias
The Winery Messias is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 95 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Generous
Full-bodied, rich and open wine, in principle with a good alcohol content but without excess (in this case the wine is said to be warm).
