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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Claw Dee Puss on 9/29/2016 & rated 87 points: 4 hour decant. 13.5%. Baga, Castelão Nacional, Trincadeira da Bairrada, Souzão, Bastardo, Alfrocheiro & Tinta Pinheira.
Quite a nice drop - gently stylish and easy to drink, but not earth-moving in complexity. (574 views) | | | Tasted by Claw Dee Puss on 3/21/2014 & rated 85 points: A deep purple Baga (and others) from Bairrada, this sits easily in the nose and mouth - rich and rounded, with a slight ping at the top end - reminds me of an old, very very slightly shabby velvet chair that just feels very comfortable, and in which it's easy to relax. (897 views) |
| Campolargo Producer web siteRed Blend.Portugal ViniPortugal (Associação Interprofissional para a Promoção dos Vinhos Portugueses/Portuguese Wine Trade Association)BeirasTo the south of both Minho and Trás-os-Montes lies the region of Beiras, stretching the full width of Portugal. Beiras is home to the more well-known DOCs of Bairrada and Dão, along with the less well-known DOCs of Távora-Varosa in the north, butting up to the Douro region, Lafões in the north west, meeting the southernmost part of the Minho region, and the large DOC Beira Interior in the north east and the south east of Beiras. Bairrada lies to the west of the region, though it doesn’t reach the coast, while Dão occupies the central part of the region.Bairrada Commissão Vitivínicola Bairrada (Official site, Portuguese)
DO Bairrada lies west of the better-known Dão region, cooled by Atlantic breezes and populated by the distinctive baga vine, an ancient, indigenous and defiantly thick-skinned grape variety.
Bairrada is an area of agricultural smallholdings, growing cereals and beans as well as vines on heavy, fertile clay soils. Winemaking in the region is dominated by cooperatives, though an increasing number of small independent producers also operate. Bairrada is unusual in that one grape dominates, almost to the exclusion of other varieties: over 80% of Bairrada’s production is red wine, mostly made from the Baga grape, which is native to the region. Baga needs careful handling, as it can be quite aggressive. White grapes are mostly maria gomes (known as Fernão Pires elsewhere in Portugal) and Bical, largely grown to produce sparkling wines. |
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