Winery NiepoortDouro Robustus Tinto
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 5 varietals which are the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca, the Touriga nacional, the Tinta Roriz and the Tinta Amarela.
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 Robustus Tinto from the Winery Niepoort
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Robustus Tinto of Winery Niepoort 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 Robustus Tinto of Winery Niepoort in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Robustus Tinto
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Robustus Tinto
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Robustus Tinto
The Douro Robustus Tinto of Winery Niepoort matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pasta such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or pasta with veal stock sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Niepoort's Douro Robustus Tinto.
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 Robustus Tinto from Winery Niepoort are 2012, 2004, 2022, 2020 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Niepoort
The Winery Niepoort is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 257 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: Bordeaux futures
Bordeaux wines are expected 2 to 3 years before bottling. In the spring following the harvest, the wines are offered by the châteaux to the Bordeaux wine merchants via the brokers.
