In the glass
What it pairs with
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Roast beef
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Fine tannins suit red meat. -
Grilled lamb
Ripe fruit with lamb. -
Aged cheese
Structure carries cheese.
History
La Rosa was an early mover in modern Douro still wine, made at its riverside quinta below Pinhao.
- 1990 — First estate-bottled La Rosa Douro red
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de la Rosa
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Sousao
- Classification
- DOC Douro
- Oak
- Aged around 12 months in French oak
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 16 to 24 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3 to 12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1990
Scores
- Wine Spectator 89 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)