The Winery AB Valley of Minho

Winery AB Valley - Alvarinho
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 43 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery AB Valley is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery AB Valley wines

Looking for the best Winery AB Valley wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery AB Valley 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 AB Valley wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery AB Valley

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery AB Valley

How Winery AB Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of giant paella cooked on a wood fire, radicchio and pancetta rolls or baeckeoffe with fish.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery AB Valley

On the nose the white wine of Winery AB Valley. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, peach or apricot and sometimes also flavors of honey, melon or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery AB Valley. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery AB Valley

  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.87/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery AB Valley.

  • Alvarinho
  • Loureiro
  • Avesso
  • Azal Branco
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Vinhão

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 pink wines of Winery AB Valley

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery AB Valley

How Winery AB Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pasticcio (greece) or mushrooms stuffed with tomme and rosemary.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery AB Valley

On the nose the pink wine of Winery AB Valley. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery AB Valley.

  • Espadeiro
  • Touriga Nacional

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery AB Valley

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery AB Valley

How Winery AB Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery AB Valley.

  • Azal Branco

The word of the wine: Grape

Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery AB Valley

Planning a wine route in the of Minho? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery AB Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from 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 small bunches and small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery AB Valley and wines from the region

Fine wine auctions launched in aid of Ukraine crisis

Several fine wine auctions have been organised by the members of the trade in support of emergency relief efforts and humanitarian aid for people affected by war in Ukraine. One auction organised by private member club Crurated brought together more than 250 bottles from coveted producers. It included top names in Burgundy, Champagne and Italy, such as Louis Roederer (Cristal), Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Domaine Dujac and Bartolo Mascarello. Running from 14 to 20 March, a spokesperson told Decanter th ...

Collective Napa Valley wine programme makes debut

Described as a ‘year-round engagement and philanthropy programme’, Collective Napa Valley is the culmination of work to replace the annual Auction Napa Valley event that first started in 1981. The new programme was launched on Monday (10 September), with trade body Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) encouraging wine enthusiasts to sign up. While keeping a philanthropic principle, the new Collective programme is intended to reach a wider group of wine lovers – from high-end collectors to new drinke ...

San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

The word of the wine: Grape

Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.

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