Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do CarmoDouro Grande Reserva
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 5 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Malbec, the Touriga nacional and the Merlot.
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 Reserva from the Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Grande Reserva of Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo 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 Douro Grande Reserva of Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Grande Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Grande Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Grande Reserva
The Douro Grande Reserva of Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, pasta with chicken, peppers and mushrooms or lamb tagine with olives and honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo's Douro Grande Reserva.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Grande Reserva from Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo are 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013 and 2006.
Informations about the Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
The Winery Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 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: Disgorging (champagne)
This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.
