The wine region of Alentejo is located in the region of Alentejano of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cartuxa or the Domaine Adega Mayor produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alentejo are Touriga nacional, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Touriga franca, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alentejo often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dill or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, black currant or iron.
In the mouth of Alentejo is a powerful. We currently count 295 estates and châteaux in the of Alentejo, producing 1163 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alentejo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.
white wines from the region of Alentejo go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with porcini mushrooms, chinchards with white wine and grapes or paella de marisco (seafood paella).
On the nose in the region of Alentejo often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or earth. In the mouth in the region of Alentejo is a .
