Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes - Douro Tinto

Winery Quinta dos AciprestesDouro Tinto

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Douro Tinto of Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinto cão 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 Tinto from the Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Douro Tinto of Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

vanilla, oak

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

On the nose the Douro Tinto of Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black currant or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes's Douro Tinto.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Douro Tinto - 2018
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Douro Tinto - 2017
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Douro Tinto - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Douro Tinto - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Douro Tinto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Douro Tinto - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Douro Tinto - 2012
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of Douro Tinto from Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes are 2008, 2017, 2015, 2014 and 2009.

Informations about the Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes

The winery offers 10 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Real Companhia Velha.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes 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.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 3500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 1500 of of Douro wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 70000 wines of the world

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.

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