Wines made from Alvarinho grapes of Portugal
Discover the best wines made with Alvarinho as a single variety or as a blend of Portugal.
More informations about the variety Alvarinho
Lively, aromatic whites with cutting acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and iodised Atlantic saline notes. Tonic, long finish. The absolute star of the Monção e Melgaço sub-region (Vinho Verde DOC), it signs the finest Portuguese Vinho Verde. Also made as a single variety in the Douro. The Portuguese name for Galician Albariño, native to the northwest Iberian peninsula.
More informations about the wines of Portugal
Portugal has undergone something of a wine revolution over the past two decades, modernizing its winemaking technologies, styles and attitudes. This archetypal Old World country has Long been famous for its fortified wines (Port and Madeira) and its light, tangy Vinho Verde. But it is now attracting much attention for its New wave of Rich, ripe table wines, especially the reds of the Douro Valley. Portugal's place in the wine world is arguably more about its cork production than its wine, but that largely depends on which period of history you choose.
What are the typical flavors of the Alvarinho grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 88% of Alvarinho
- Citrus fruitPresent in 85% of Alvarinho
- EarthPresent in 70% of Alvarinho
- Tropical fruitPresent in 68% of Alvarinho
- MicrobioPresent in 63% of Alvarinho
- OakPresent in 61% of Alvarinho
- VegetalPresent in 45% of Alvarinho
- SpicesPresent in 42% of Alvarinho
- Non oakPresent in 39% of Alvarinho
- CitrusPresent in 26% of Alvarinho
- LemonPresent in 26% of Alvarinho
- MineralityPresent in 25% of Alvarinho
- TropicalPresent in 24% of Alvarinho
- FloralPresent in 24% of Alvarinho
- PeachPresent in 24% of Alvarinho
- ApplesPresent in 22% of Alvarinho
- OakyPresent in 20% of Alvarinho
- GrapefruitPresent in 19% of Alvarinho
- PearPresent in 19% of Alvarinho
- PineapplePresent in 18% of Alvarinho