The Winery Quinta da Alempassa of Douro of Duriense

Winery Quinta da Alempassa - Reserva
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 436 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta da Alempassa is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta da Alempassa wines

Looking for the best Winery Quinta da Alempassa wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta da Alempassa wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Quinta da Alempassa wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Quinta da Alempassa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta da Alempassa

How Winery Quinta da Alempassa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, pasta with mushroom sauce or pastillas with lamb and apricots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta da Alempassa

On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta da Alempassa. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta da Alempassa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta da Alempassa

  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta da Alempassa.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Souzao

Discovering 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 .

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

News about Winery Quinta da Alempassa and wines from the region

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The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

Symington Family Estates unveils €12m Douro winery design

With a production capacity of 691,000 litres, the Quinta do Ataíde winery in the Vilariça Valley will be exclusively used for unfortified wine production. The investment sum is triple the amount initially estimated back in 2018, and the winery is a key part of the company’s strategy to double premium unfortified wine sales by 2030. ‘Since the original plans were announced, we have decided to significantly increase the size of the facility as a result of our confidence in the growing demand ...

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The word of the wine: Flintstone

Said of an aroma that evokes the smell of flint just from sparking.

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