Winery RaposeiraReserva Meio Seco
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Details and technical informations about Winery Raposeira's Reserva Meio Seco.
Discover the grape variety: Reine des vignes
Table grape with medium clusters and golden berries with thin skin and aromatic muscat flesh, featuring a characteristic aromatic sweet flavour (rose, fresh grape, muscat). Very early-ripening. Grown mainly in central Europe (Hungary, Italy) and France for fresh consumption, a signature aromatic summer table grape on market stalls. French aromatic white table grape variety, obtained by early-ripening and muscat crossing for fresh consumption.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Reserva Meio Seco from Winery Raposeira are 2007, 2013, 2008, 2015 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Raposeira
The Winery Raposeira is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Beiras to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Beiras
Vast region of north-central Portugal, a fragmented mosaic of distinct sub-regions. In the west, Bairrada makes dense Baga reds with notes of black cherry, blackberry and leather, firm tannins — the base of the great Portuguese sparkling wines. In the centre, Dao produces fine Touriga Nacional reds (violet, raspberry, spice) and elegant Encruzado whites (flowers, citrus, butter). To the continental east, fleshy Touriga of Beira Interior and aromatic Fernao Pires.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
