Red
Casca Wines Monte Cascas Vinha das Cardosas Red (Bairrada)
Portugal
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Baga
- Country
- Portugal
- Appellation
- Bairrada
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carnes vermelhas assadas · queijos curados · carnes de caça · cordeiro
Rated vintages
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201294 pts
This is a mature, single-vineyard wine. Beautifully perfumed, it includes, unusually, a small percentage of white grapes (historically a field blend) that soften the tannins of the 90% Baga. The wine is spicy, concentrated, dense with black fruits and tannins. It is ready to dri…
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201190 pts
This is a single vineyard wine, a blend of the local red Baga grape with a small percentage of white grapes. The white grapes are there to smooth the natural tannins in the Baga and they succeed, so the wine is structured but rounded and with delicious red fruits and acidity as…