Winery Quinta do Crasto - Crasto Superior Syrah

Winery Quinta do CrastoCrasto Superior Syrah

4.3
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(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 Crasto Superior Syrah of Winery Quinta do Crasto is a red wine from the region 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 Crasto Superior Syrah from the Winery Quinta do Crasto

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Crasto Superior Syrah of Winery Quinta do Crasto in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

smoke, leather

Wine with microbio taste

cream

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Crasto Superior Syrah of Winery Quinta do Crasto in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, chocolate or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Crasto's Crasto Superior Syrah.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Crasto Superior Syrah - 2017
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Crasto Superior Syrah - 2016
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Crasto Superior Syrah - 2015
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Crasto Superior Syrah - 2014
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Crasto Superior Syrah - 2013
In the top 100 of of Duriense wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Crasto Superior Syrah from Winery Quinta do Crasto are 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Quinta do Crasto

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Famille J.M Cazes.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Crasto is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Duriense to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 300 of of Portugal wines
In the top 150 of of Duriense wines
In the top 4500 of red wines
In the top 5500 wines of the world

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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The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.

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