Red
Alvaro Castro Pape Red (Dão)
Portugal
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Touriga Nacional
- Country
- Portugal
- Appellation
- Dão
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
cordeiro · carne de caça · pratos de carne ricos · queijos curados
Rated vintages
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200895 pts
Here is a powerful, dense wine, with modest alcohol— thanks to the Dão's mountain climate and granite soil. Pape is a top wine from Alvaro Castro made predominantly from Touriga Nacional. Perfumed, elegant and structured, with plenty of concentration, this is a wine for serious…
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200795 pts
A rich and powerful wine, dense and chewy. Its tannins dominate a wine that is still young. The damson and blackberry fruits give richness and acidity. Combined, the structure and the fruit make an imposing, potentially long-lived wine.