Grape · Red
Sousão
Warm climate
About
Deeply colored, high-acid grape prized for adding backbone, color, and freshness to Douro blends. Small, thick-skinned berries produce intensely pigmented juice. Increasingly valued as climate change makes its natural acidity more precious.
Typical profile
Body
Rounded
Tannins
Firm
Acidity
Bright
Sweetness
Dry
Aromas
What the grape gives up young, and what it grows into with time in bottle.
Oak influence
Possible
Aging
Contributes to long-lived blends. Rare single-varietal wines can age 10-15 years.
Growing regions
How the grape expresses across places, grouped by country. Chips call out how a region's style deviates from the grape's default.