Winery Quinta do PégoDouro Grande Escolha
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Douro Grande Escolha from the Winery Quinta do Pégo
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Grande Escolha of Winery Quinta do Pégo in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Grande Escolha
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Grande Escolha
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Grande Escolha
The Douro Grande Escolha of Winery Quinta do Pégo matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of sloth pork loin, pasta with pistou or navarin of lamb.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Pégo's Douro Grande Escolha.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Grande Escolha from Winery Quinta do Pégo are 2008, 2004, 2003, 2009 and 2006.
Informations about the Winery Quinta do Pégo
The Winery Quinta do Pégo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 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: Destemming
Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.
