Winery Nicolau de Almeida - Trans Douro Express Douro Superior

Winery Nicolau de AlmeidaTrans Douro Express Douro Superior

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Trans Douro Express Douro Superior of Winery Nicolau de Almeida is a red wine from the region 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 Trans Douro Express Douro Superior from the Winery Nicolau de Almeida

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Trans Douro Express Douro Superior of Winery Nicolau de Almeida in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

earthy, smoke

Wine with spices taste

licorice

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

On the nose the Trans Douro Express Douro Superior of Winery Nicolau de Almeida in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of leather, dark fruit or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Nicolau de Almeida's Trans Douro Express Douro Superior.

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

Discover the grape variety: Divico

Interspecific cross between gamaret and bronner obtained in 1997 by Jean-Laurent Spring at the Agroscope Research Station in Pully (Switzerland). It should be noted that the divona is issued from the same cross.

Last vintages of this wine

Trans Douro Express Douro Superior - 2018
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Trans Douro Express Douro Superior - 2017
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Trans Douro Express Douro Superior - 2016
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Trans Douro Express Douro Superior - 2015
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Trans Douro Express Douro Superior from Winery Nicolau de Almeida are 2016, 2017, 2015, 2018

Informations about the Winery Nicolau de Almeida

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 Duriense

The Winery Nicolau de Almeida is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Duriense to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 3500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 350 of of Duriense wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 70000 wines of the world

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: Primeur (wine)

A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.

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