Winery Vale D. MariaDouro Superior
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 Superior from the Winery Vale D. Maria
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Douro Superior of Winery Vale D. Maria in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Douro Superior
Pairings that work perfectly with Douro Superior
Original food and wine pairings with Douro Superior
The Douro Superior of Winery Vale D. Maria matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, express seafood spaghetti or lamb meatballs with mint.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vale D. Maria's Douro Superior.
Discover the grape variety: Etraire de l'Aduï
Would be finding its first origins in the valley of Isere, one would have indeed found it in the Mas de l'Aduï in Saint Ismier. We find a certain resemblance with the Persian. Today its multiplication in nurseries is very weak, registered however with the official Catalogue of the varieties of vine list A1 under the name of Etraire de la Dui.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Douro Superior from Winery Vale D. Maria are 2017, 2018
Informations about the Winery Vale D. Maria
The Winery Vale D. Maria is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Douro Superior to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro Superior
The wine region of Douro Superior is located in the region of Douro of Duriense of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine H. Abrantes or the Domaine Maçanita produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Douro Superior are Touriga nacional, Touriga franca and Tinta Barroca, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety.
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
