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Baga
red grape Bairrada serve 16–18 °C ages 5–20 years
Baga is a red grape: full-bodied, very high acidity, very firm tannin, usually dry. 8 Baga wines from £10.00. Typical aromas: red cherry, dried leaves, resin, smoke, orange peel.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
Body
lightfull
Tannin
lowhigh
Acidity
lowhigh
Oak
noneheavy
Alcohol
lowhigh
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Baga sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
suckling pig, roast pork, game, hard cheese. Bairrada's classic: tannin and acid with fatty roast
Where it grows
Bairrada, Portugal — thick skins, late ripening: searing acid and tannin; also sparkling rosé
If you like Baga
8 Baga wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 8
sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niepoort Poeirinho Baga 2022 Niepoort · Douro | £29.75 | |||
| Quinta do Vale Meao Monte Meao Vinha da Cantina 2023 Quinta do Vale Meao · Douro | £25.03 | |||
| Quinta do Vale Meao Meandro Tinto 2023 Quinta do Vale Meao · Douro | £21.74 | |||
| Casal Mendes Rose, Bairrada | £10.00 | |||
| Alianca Bairrada Reserva 2024 Bacalhoa · Bairrada | £12.39 | |||
| Niepoort Lagar de Baixo 2021 Niepoort · Portugal | £29.99 | |||
| Nossa Calcario Tinto Filipa Pato 2024 Filipa Pato · Bairrada | £46.00 | |||
| Tinto Palace Hotel Bussaco 2018 Palace Hotel · Bussaco | £103.00 |