Passa Tinto Douro DOC - Quinta do Passadouro

Passa Tinto Douro DOC - Quinta do PassadouroThe Passa Tinto Douro of Quinta do Passadouro from Douro & Porto presents a dense ruby color in the glass. Poured into a red wine glass, this Old World red wine reveals wonderfully expressive aromas of plum and blackberry, rounded out by smoky and chocolate contributed by barrel aging. The Quinta do Passadouro Passa Tinto Douro presents itself to the wine drinker pleasantly dry. This red wine is never coarse or meager, as one might expect from a wine in the upper price range. This fleshy red wine is full-bodied and multi-layered on the palate. With its lively fruit acidity, the Passa Tinto Douro reveals itself to be fantastically fresh and lively on the palate. In the finish, this youthful wine from the wine-growing region Douro & Porto finally inspires with good length. There are again hints of plum and blackberry. In the aftertaste, mineral notes of the slate-dominated soils join in. Vinification of the Passa Tinto Douro from Quinta do Passadouro This powerful red wine from Portugal is made from Tempranillo, Tinta Francisca and Touriga Nacional grape varieties. In Douro & Porto, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of slate. After the grape harvest, the grapes reach the press house by the fastest route. Here they are sorted and gently broken up. Fermentation follows in small wood and large wood at controlled temperatures. Vinification is followed by aging for several months on the fine lees before the wine is finally drawn off. Food pairing for the Passa Tinto Douro from Quinta do Passadouro Drink this red wine from Portugal ideally tempered at 15 - 18°C as an accompanying wine to spaghetti with caper-tomato sauce, pumpkin casserole or boeuf bourguignon.