Winery O MercadorDouro Tinto

Red wine of Douro of Duriense of Portugal

3.5

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Douro Tinto of Winery O Mercador is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Douro Tinto from the Winery O Mercador

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Douro Tinto of Winery O Mercador in the region of Duriense is a powerful.

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Pasta

The Douro Tinto of Winery O Mercador matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, pasta with 4 cheese sauce or lamb biryani.

Details and technical informations about Winery O Mercador's Douro Tinto.

Winery

Winery O Mercador

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Alcohol

13.5°

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Plavac mali

Croatian Dalmatia more precisely. It can also be found in Greece (Macedonia), Montenegro, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania. According to genetic analyses conducted by the California University of Davis (United States), it is the result of an intraspecific cross between zinfandel (called crljenak kastelanski or pribidag in Croatia) and dobricic, another Croatian grape variety that is now somewhat endangered. - Synonyms: pagadebit veliki, sarak, zelenak (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Douro Tinto - 2017

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 3.4

Douro Tinto - 2016

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 3.4

Douro Tinto - 2015

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 3.5

Douro Tinto - 2014

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 3.5

The best vintages of Douro Tinto from Winery O Mercador are 2015, 2014, 2017, 2016

Informations about the Winery O Mercador

The winery offers 6 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.

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 O Mercador is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 7500 of of Portugal wines

In the top 2500 of of Douro wines

In the top 100000 of red wines

In the top 200000 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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