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Quinta do Vallado Sousão (Douro)
Portugal
Ficha técnica
- Tipo
- Other
- Uva
- Sousão
- País
- Portugal
- Denominação
- Douro
- Corpo
- full
- Acidez
- high
- Tanino
- high
- Doçura
- dry
Harmonização
carnes vermelhas · queijos curados · pratos com cogumelos
Safras avaliadas
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201488 pts
The Sousão grape, normally only used in rare blends, has produced here a dark-colored wine packed with smoky tannins. Its fruit and intense acidity are dwarfed by its impressive structure. Age the wine at least until 2019.
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201388 pts
The dark color and high acidity of this wine are both typical of the Sousão grape which is normally found only in Douro blends. It is ripe, fruity and juicy although with tight acidity and black currant fruits. The wine's tannins suggest it needs to age, so drink from 2017.
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201290 pts
Normally used to provide dark color to blended wines, 100% Sousão rarely appears outside its home in Vinho Verde. This example from Vallado, almost black in color, shows the high acidity of the grape. It also shows an unexpectedly richly tannic character that gives structure and…