Douro Red Wine
The red wine is a lighter wine as a whole and has a lower alcohol content. For example, Canado wine from Cooperativa Agrícola de São João da Pesqueira has on average 2% less alcohol compared to its DOC wines
In the specific case of Canado, this red wine is made with the grapes of the vineyards locate on the highiest Douro slopes. This distance makes grapes softer with lighter characteristics, allowing the production of wine more pleasant without ever losing the typicality that demarcate Douro wines.
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