The best wines of Algarve

Discover the best wines of Algarve as well as the best winemakers of Algarve and estates of Algarve to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Algarve and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Algarve by region

Looking for a good wine of Algarve among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Algarve. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Algarve with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Algarve

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Want to buy a red wine of Algarve cheap or sell a red wine of Algarve at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Algarve

Red wines from the region of Algarve go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of tanjia, pasta with chicken and curry or veal cutlets parmigiana.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Algarve

On the nose the red wine of the region of Algarve. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of pepper, blueberry or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Algarve. is a powerful.

The best vintages in red wine of Algarve

  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.05/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Algarve

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Castelao
  • Tinta Negra Mole

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Algarve

A wine route planned in the region of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Algarve.

Discovering the wine region of Algarve

Algarve ('the Algarve' to most English speakers) is the southernmost wine region of Portugal, and the far southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It is more widely known for its beaches and thriving tourist industry than its wines. Although a small quantity of fresh-styled white wines are made here, the wines of the Algarve are predominantly red, and made from classic Portuguese varieties like Castelão and Touriga Nacional, as well as more international varieties like Syrah. The region's wines are produced largely by a by a small number of upscale co-operatives, although the fashion for independent producers is catching on quickly.

Traditionally Algarve wines have been high in Alcohol, the result of a Warm, maritime Climate – just 125 miles (200km) separates Algarve's easternmost Vineyards (in Tavita) from Tangiers, on the North coast of Africa. The region is seperated from the Alentejo plain and the colder north by the Monchique mountains creating an warmer macroclimate for viniculture. The Vitis vinifera vine thrives here in the Algarve climate, which is as well suited to the vine's long-term needs as it is to the short-term needs of humans. The same Bright sunshine, warm air and sea breeze which brings tourists here in their droves is precisely what grape vines require to give prolific yields and fruit with sky-high potential alcohol.

But while the human contingent here is happily self-irrigating, and retreats to air-conditioned comfort at night, the vines are left outside to swelter in the warm night air. Although seemingly perfect, these climatic conditions serve to accelerate the vine growing season, bringing the grapes to their juicy, Sweet potential before they have had a chance to develop much depth of flavor. They also trade their natural acids for sugars as they ripen, so by the end of the season their juice is full of sugar (potential alcohol) and little else. Thus the type of wine traditionally associated with the Algarve is highly potent, lacking in the refreshing acidity which would come in so handy here, and tastes slightly 'baked' – the result of all those hot nights.

Great white wines of Algarve

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Algarve

White wines from the region of Algarve go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with 4 cheese sauce, braised (green) cabbage or violet omelette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Algarve

On the nose the white wine of the region of Algarve. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, non oak or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tropical fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Algarve. is a .

The best vintages in white wine of Algarve

  • 2009With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Algarve

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Alvarinho
  • Síria

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Algarve

A wine route planned in the region of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Algarve.

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great sparkling wines of Algarve

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Algarve

Sparkling wines from the region of Algarve go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sauerkraut of the sea in casserole, baked cod portuguese style or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Algarve

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Chardonnay
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Viognier
  • Verdelho
  • Antão Vaz

The word of the wine: Oenologist

Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.

Great pink wines of Algarve

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Algarve

Pink wines from the region of Algarve go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), endive and beetroot salad with lemon cream or irish stew with beer.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Algarve

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Algarve. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, earth or microbio.

The best vintages in pink wine of Algarve

  • 2009With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Algarve

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Aragonez
  • Tinta Negra Mole
  • Castelao
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Roupeiro

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Algarve

A wine route planned in the region of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Algarve.

Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

It is a crossbreed made in 1855 by Louis and Henri Bouschet from an intraspecific crossing between Grenache noir and Petit Bouschet. The Alicante Henri Bouschet is less and less multiplied, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of vine of wine grapes list A.

Great sweet wines of Algarve

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Algarve

Sweet wines from the region of Algarve go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of fricandeaux german style or croque monsieur with 4 cheeses.

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Algarve

  • Moscatel
  • Tinta Negra Mole
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Trincadeira
  • Sirica

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Algarve

A wine route planned in the region of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Algarve.

    The word of the wine: Golden

    Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.

    Great natural sweet wines of Algarve

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    Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Algarve

    Natural sweet wines from the region of Algarve go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

    The best wineries and winemakers for natural-sweet wine of Algarve

    A wine route planned in the region of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best natural-sweet wine of Algarve.

      Discover the grape variety: Souzao

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