Winery Quinta do PortalDouro Mural Red
Red wine
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 Mural Red from the Winery Quinta do Portal
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Mural Red of Winery Quinta do Portal in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Mural Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Mural Red
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Mural Red
The Douro Mural Red of Winery Quinta do Portal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), fish lasagne or daniel's algerian couscous.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Portal's Douro Mural Red.
Discover the grape variety: Hibou noir
Very old grape variety cultivated in northern Italy in the Piedmont region. It would have been introduced in Savoy at the beginning of the 17th century. An A.D.N. study, dating from 2011, shows that Hibou noir and Avana are one and the same variety. It should also be noted that Amigne is its half-sister, Rèze its grandmother and Rouge du Pays (a variety from the Swiss Valais) its grandfather.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Mural Red from Winery Quinta do Portal are 2016, 2015, 0, 2017 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Quinta do Portal
The Winery Quinta do Portal is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 90 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: Plant
Smells present in certain wines and characteristic of the plant world. Heather, mint or blackcurrant leaf are considered pleasant, while herbaceous notes are considered a defect.
