Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes - Grande Reserva Sousão

Winery Quinta dos AciprestesGrande Reserva Sousão

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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 Grande Reserva Sousão of Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
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.
The Grande Reserva Sousão of the Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes is in the top 90 of wines of Douro.

Taste structure of the Grande Reserva Sousão from the Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Grande Reserva Sousão 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

On the nose the Grande Reserva Sousão of Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes's Grande Reserva Sousão.

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

Discover the grape variety: Bonne Vituaigne

It is most certainly native to the Ardèche and is not found in any other French region, let alone abroad. Today, it is practically not multiplied any more and thus in very clear way of disappearance.

Last vintages of this wine

Grande Reserva Sousão - 2016
In the top 90 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Grande Reserva Sousão - 2014
In the top 90 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Grande Reserva Sousão - 2013
In the top 90 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Grande Reserva Sousão - 2012
In the top 90 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Grande Reserva Sousão - 2011
In the top 90 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Grande Reserva Sousão from Winery Quinta dos Aciprestes are 2012, 2011, 2014, 2013 and 2016.

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 3 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 250 of of Portugal wines
In the top 95 of of Douro wines
In the top 3500 of red wines
In the top 4500 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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The word of the wine: Consistency

In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.

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