The Winery Quinta de Maderne of Minho

Winery Quinta de Maderne - Alvarinho - Trajadura
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 698 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho
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The Winery Quinta de Maderne is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta de Maderne wines

Looking for the best Winery Quinta de Maderne wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta de Maderne wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Quinta de Maderne wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne

How Winery Quinta de Maderne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of wok of pointed cabbage with shrimps and lemongrass bo bun style, kale chips or monkfish in foil.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne.

  • Loureiro
  • Alvarinho
  • Trajadura
  • Avesso
  • Arinto de Bucelas

Discovering the wine region of Minho

Minho is Portugal's Northernmost wine region. It is known for one wine style above all others: crisp, light, white Vinho Verde, whose DOC zone covers the same territory. The Minho name is used for the area's Vinho Regional designation (similar to the French IGP). The latter's looser production laws allow more diversity in the average winery's portfolio, including red and rosé wines.

Minho VR was formerly known Rios do Minho before the Vinho Regional category was updated in 2008 to fall in line with the EU-wide PGI/IGP/IGT category. The region is located on the Portugal's Atlantic coast to the north and east of Porto, Portugal's second-largest city and the home of Port. It occupies a roughly rectangular area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from north to South, which reaches about 50km (30 miles) inland. There are around 60,000 hectares of vines planted in Minho.

Many of these are dedicated to Vinho Verde, the country's largest DOC. Minho Grape Varieties A number of varieties are also found in Spains Rias Baixas region, which Lies immediately to the north. The key grape varieties to be found in white Minho wines include the natives Alvarinho, Avesso, Loureiro, Pederna (Arinto) and Trajadura. Chardonnay and Riesling are the most common international white varieties.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne

How Winery Quinta de Maderne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of white cabbage with bacon, steamed salmon marinated in herbs or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne

How Winery Quinta de Maderne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of thai beef curry or saint nectaire cheese spread with local ham.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne.

  • Touriga Nacional

The word of the wine: Doucillon

See bourboulenc.

The top red wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne

How Winery Quinta de Maderne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, the real recipe for carbonara or saddle of lamb stuffed with chicken breast and basil.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta de Maderne. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta de Maderne.

  • Touriga Nacional

Discover the grape variety: Loureiro

Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.

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Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

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The word of the wine: Doucillon

See bourboulenc.

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