Frei João Red Reserve, Bairrada, red wine Portugal

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Frei João Red Reserve , full red wine from Portugal from Caves São João in the DO Bairrada. Blend of local grapes Baga, Touriga Nacional and also some Petit Verdot . Red wine with bite but the wine is certainly not too heavy. Full aroma and taste of black fruit, olive, wood and spiciness. Elegant freshness. A real find!
Due to beautiful wood maturation (6 months) and then another 18 months on concrete, this red wine has a nice balance between fruit and riper tones. Reserva, so extra long matured on wood.

  • Serve: around 15 °C
  • Drink: now until 2029

DOC Bairrada, Portugal's highest wine region qualification

Frei João Red Reserve, is a beautiful red wine from Portugal. This Reserva wine comes from the DOC Bairrada, south of Porto. Local blue grape of Bairrada is the Baga , which normally has a lot of tannins. With this wine that is very good. Also in the blend: Touriga Nacional and Petit Verdot. Reserva means that the wine is made from better grapes and has matured longer on wood.

Caves São João has a reputation to uphold with fine wines, including sparkling ones. Try them sometime!

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Wine region : Bairrada
Method : Durable
Grape variety(ies): Baga, Touriga nacional, and Petit Verdot
Year
: 2019 (Year on bottle photo may differ)

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More information about this delicious juice

Taste
Full and rich wine with beautiful black fruit of blackberry and cherry, olive, wood and herbs. Elegance through freshness. Surprising! Serve: 15 C. Drink: now until 2027+

Delicious with
Dishes with truffle and morels, grilled vegetables, Iberico meat, BBQ

Interesting
Bairrada is not yet well known as a wine region. The Baga grape normally gives a lot of tannins and heavy wine. Caves Sao Joao knows how to make a beautiful elegant wine from this.

Wijnimporteur Bernd Weeke, Magister Vini en Vinoloog van het Jaar 2016

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