The Winery N 222 of Douro of Duriense

Winery N 222
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 3825 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery N 222 is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery N 222 wines

Looking for the best Winery N 222 wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery N 222 wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery N 222 wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery N 222

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery N 222

How Winery N 222 wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops on a bed of leeks, toast with foie gras and gingerbread or sublime fish and shrimp colombo.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery N 222.

  • Gouveio
  • Rabigato
  • Viosinho
  • Moscatel Galego

Discovering 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 top red wines of Winery N 222

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery N 222

How Winery N 222 wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, tagliatelle with shrimps or lamb tagine with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery N 222

In the mouth the red wine of Winery N 222. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery N 222

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery N 222.

  • Tinta Barroca
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

News about Winery N 222 and wines from the region

Gusbourne aims high with English sparkling wine at £195

Gusbourne has launched Fifty One Degrees North English sparkling wine from the 2014 vintage at £195 per bottle, which is thought to make it the most expensive so far released. Some others aren’t too far behind – Nyetimber’s 1086 rosé 2010 is £175 – yet Gusbourne’s move reinforces a sense of ambition within the UK wine world to be a regular fixture at this prestige cuvée level. Fifty One Degrees North, named after the position of Gusbourne’s vineyards in Kent and West Sussex, is a ble ...

Walls: top northern Rhône whites under £30

Find Matt Walls’ 22 top-value northern Rhône whites below, and look out for his top 52 northern Rhône reds under £30 which will be published on 11th October. The northern Rhône produces just 5% of the total volume made in the broader Rhône Valley growing area. As demand for these wines increases, it’s not surprising to see prices ticking up. But it’s still possible to find some excellent wines retailing under £30 a bottle in the UK. Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for 22 great val ...

Vanilla is the ‘most pleasant’ smell, finds study

Vanilla was ranked as the most pleasant smell in a study involving 235 people and conducted by an international network of researchers, including those from the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. This was closely followed by ethyl butyrate, ‘which smells like peaches’, said the researchers, who published their findings in the Current Biology journal. Vanilla notes can be found in several wine styles, such as some iterations of Chardonnay or Rioja, largely resulting from ...

The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.

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