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Douro (also referred as Alto Douro) is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Douro river and has the most highest wine classification as a Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC). The region is associated with Port Wine Production, and produces as much table wine as it does fortified wine, and the principal grape varieties include black grapes Bastardo, Mourisco Tinto, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cao, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Francesa, Touriga Nacional, and white grapes Donzelinho Branco, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Rabigato, and Viosinho. The Douro wine region is situated around the Douro River Valley, is sheltered by Atlantic winds by the Marão and Montemuro mountains and has a continental climate, with hot and dry summers and cold winters. Douro is subdivided into three subregions: Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo, and Douro Superior. The following Douro Wine selection is composed by red wine. The red wine is a type of wine made from dark-coloured (black) grapes, and has a range of colours, deriving from intense violet color derived from typical young wines, brick color from mature wines, and brown color from the most older red wines. The red wine production involves picking the grapes by hand or machine, destemming and crushing, involving the mixture of individual berries, whole bunches, stems, and leaves, originating the must. The must is pumped to a vessel, or a tank made of stainless steel, or an oak vat, for fermentation. With the purpose to prevent oxidation, it is added Sulphur Dioxide when the grapes arrive at the winery, and some winemakers prefer to chill the must to around 10°C (50°F), to allow a period of pre-fermentation maceration ("cold soaking"), of between one and four days. The inoculation and fermentation process to start the alcoholic fermentation, in which sugars present in the must are converted into alcohol with carbon dioxide and heat as by-products. After this process, occurs the separation of solid and liquid phases, where skins float to the surface, forming a cap. Fermentation produces heat and it needs to be controlled by different refrigeration systems to prowl the temperature of 25-28°C; 77-82.4°F. The density and temperature of the fermentation is checked once or twice per day, with the objective to be proportional to the sugar content, falling each day as the sugar is converted into alcohol. A second microbiological transformation commonly takes place after the alcoholic fermentation of red wines, and the red wine is usually racked (decanted) off its lees (dead yeast cells and other solids). Most red wine is aged in stainless-steel or concrete tanks, or in small or large oak barrels for some period before bottling, though this can vary from a few days, up to 18 months or more. Finally the red wine pass through undergo fining, which is designed to clarify the wine and sometimes to correct faults such as excess tannin, and then are filtered to eliminate any remaining yeast cells and bacteria, and then bottled.

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Xisto Ilimitado 2017 Red Wine Xisto Ilimitado 2017 Red Wine

Xisto Ilimitado 2020 Red Wine

€14.30
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<p>The philosophy of Luis Seabra Wines is encapsulated in the Cru brand. The purpose of Seabra is to make wines from specific vineyards with minimal intervention, raw and pure wines</p>
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Xisto Ilimitado 2017 Red Wine
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Xisto Cru 2021 Red Wine

€39.90
Wine House Portugal ,
5/ 5
<p>Xisto Cru Red Wine</p> <p>The philosophy of Luis Seabra Wines is encapsulated in the Cru brand. The purpose of Seabra is to make wines from specific vineyards with minimal intervention, raw and pure wines</p>
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Xisto Cru  Red Wine
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X Bardos 2013 Red Wine

€26.75
Wine House Portugal ,
5/ 5
<p>The history of the family Vasques de Carvalho has roots as strong as a vine and is confused with the history of the Douro. Its origins date back to the mid-nineteenth century and the family wine company, which has always transformed its production into generous wine, selling part to the exporting houses and aging another part, adding value.</p>
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X Bardos 2013 Red Wine
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Vinha dos Santos 2018 Red Wine

€7.23
Wine House Portugal ,
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<p>Quinta dos Frades is one of the most beautiful and emblematic properties of the Douro Vinhateiro. Its records date back to the year 1256, when it was donated to the monastery of Santa Maria de Salzedas</p>
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Vinha dos Santos 2013 Red Wine
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Vinha dos Deuses Reserva 2017 Red Wine

€14.48
Wine House Portugal ,
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<p>Quinta dos Frades is one of the most beautiful and emblematic properties of the Douro Vinhateiro. Its records date back to the year 1256, when it was donated to the monastery of Santa Maria de Salzedas</p>
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Vinha dos Deuses Reserva 2012 Red Wine
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Vinha do Fojo 2015 Red Wine

€89.90
Wine House Portugal ,
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<p>Located in the Pinhão valley left bank of the river, sub-region of Cima-Corgo.<br />The old vineyard of Quinta do Fojo is a unique terroir for its natural balance, resulting in deep, elegant, complex wines with round, firm tannins</p>
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Vinha do Fojo Red Wine
Vinha do Dote 2015 Red Wine Vinha do Dote 2015 Red Wine

Vinha do Dote 2015 Red Wine

€18.80
Wine House Portugal ,
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<p>The Quinta do Côtto, in Cidadelhe, relatively close to the Régua, is a property of 75 hectares of vineyard and a plot built in the eighteenth century. The owners of the farm, the Montez Champalimaud family, exclusively produced Port wine until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1980 Miguel Champalimaud launched the first Quinta do Côtto Grande Escolha, consolidating the concept of Douro's quinta wines, which are still rare in the region.<br />The Quinta do Côtto brand has grown greatly in notoriety since then, until it became one of the most classic and prestigious references in the Douro region</p>
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Vinha do Dote 2015 Red Wine
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Vinha do Cais da Ribeira 2015 Red Wine

€4.20
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<p>Van Zellers &amp; Co. was officially established in 1780 as an exporter of Port Wine for the first generation of Portuguese van Zelleres</p>
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Vinha do Cais da Ribeira 2015 Red Wine
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