This is what good wine from the Sousão grape tastes like

Sousão is a dark-skinned grape from the Douro, used mainly to make red Port. It is always blended with other grapes for this purpose. Sousão gives the wine a somewhat deeper purple-red color, rougher tones and a flavor reminiscent of raisins.

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Although the authorities there don't actually recommend it, some of the best red Ports in the world contain juice from Sousão. In recent years, Sousão has also been used for dry red wines from the Douro valley, although these are relatively scarce. In dry red wines too, Sousão adds more color and lovely cherry and forest-fruit flavors.

Research has recently shown that Sousão is the same grape as Vinhão, the main ingredient of Vinho Verde from the nearby Minho region.

We currently have one wine made from the Sousão grape in our range. You can view our Sousão wine here.