The Winery Quinta de Tourais of Douro of Duriense

Winery Quinta de Tourais
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Douro 4U.
It is ranked in the top 535 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta de Tourais is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta de Tourais wines

Looking for the best Winery Quinta de Tourais wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta de Tourais 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 de Tourais wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta de Tourais

How Winery Quinta de Tourais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, vegetarian lasagna or mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais

  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais.

  • Tinto Cao
  • Touriga Franca
  • Touriga Nacional

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 .

The top white wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta de Tourais

How Winery Quinta de Tourais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of chinese noodles with shrimp, happy new year bites or papillote of fish with cumin onions.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais

On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta de Tourais. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta de Tourais. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Quinta de Tourais.

  • Gouveio
  • Rabigato
  • Viosinho
  • Sercial

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.

Discover the grape variety: Sercial

Portuguese, an ancient grape variety cultivated in particular in the Minho region and on the island of Madeira. It should not be confused with the cerceal branco and cerceal du Dâo, which are also related to the ramisco, trincadeira from Alentejo, alvarelhâo from Douro, etc. The Sercial can be found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Argentina, South Africa, ... little known in France.

News about Winery Quinta de Tourais and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

What the Decanter team is drinking this Christmas

Tina Gellie, Content Manager and Regional Editor (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand & Canada) It was a big year of Decanter travel for me, heading to Napa and New York in June, South Africa in October and most recently a week each in Margaret River and South Australia. These trips have formed the basis of my festive selections. Christmas lunch on North Stradbroke Island (reunited with my family after four years, no thanks to Covid) always starts with oysters, followed by a bucket of prawn ...

The word of the wine: Burned

Qualifier, sometimes equivocal, of various odors, ranging from caramel to burnt wood.

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