Winery Quinta da Pedra AltaGrande Escolha

Red wine of Douro of Duriense of Portugal

4.3

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

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Grande Escolha of Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta is a red wine from the region of Douro 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 Grande Escolha from the Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Grande Escolha of Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

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Pasta

The Grande Escolha of Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or pastasotto pepper merguez (risotto style pasta).

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta's Grande Escolha.

Winery

Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet-Sauvignon which means that it is also well planted further north, as far as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Grande Escolha - 2010

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 4.3

The best vintages of Grande Escolha from Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta are 2010

Informations about the Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta

The winery offers 45 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.

It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta da Pedra Alta is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 42 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 5500 of of Portugal wines

In the top 2000 of of Douro wines

In the top 70000 of red wines

In the top 150000 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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