Winery Vasco and the Explorers - Touriga Nacional

Winery Vasco and the ExplorersTouriga Nacional

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Touriga Nacional of Winery Vasco and the Explorers is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Touriga Nacional of Winery Vasco and the Explorers in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Touriga Nacional

Pairings that work perfectly with Touriga Nacional

Original food and wine pairings with Touriga Nacional

The Touriga Nacional of Winery Vasco and the Explorers matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of baeckeoffe or smoked salmon and comté pie.

Details and technical informations about Winery Vasco and the Explorers's Touriga Nacional.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Last vintages of this wine

Touriga Nacional - 2019
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Touriga Nacional - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Touriga Nacional - 0
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Touriga Nacional from Winery Vasco and the Explorers are 2015, 0, 2019

Informations about the Winery Vasco and the Explorers

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Vasco and the Explorers is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 6000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 2000 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

The word of the wine: Rancio

Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).

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