Winery Quinta de Santa EugeniaRapa Lobos Branco
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Rapa Lobos Branco from the Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Rapa Lobos Branco of Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Rapa Lobos Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Rapa Lobos Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Rapa Lobos Branco
The Rapa Lobos Branco of Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimp in hot sauce from cathylou, bruschetta with mozzarella or aïoli.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia's Rapa Lobos Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Carcajolo
The black Carcajolo is a grape variety originating from Italy. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and large grapes. The Carcajolo noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rapa Lobos Branco from Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia are 2018, 0
Informations about the Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia
The Winery Quinta de Santa Eugenia is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
