The Winery Acácio is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Acácio wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Acácio 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 Acácio wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Acácio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, slippers with lamb or calf's head with sauce ravigote.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Acácio. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Acácio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of salt and pepper shrimp, pastels (senegalese stuffed fritters) or fillets of saint-pierre with cream.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Acácio. is a with a nice freshness.
Gamay de Bouze is a grape variety known since the 19th century. Originally from Burgundy, it is found, in increasingly small areas, in the vineyards of the Cher Valley. It was used, among other things, to add a little colour to wines that lacked it. Petit mourot, rouge de couchey or rouge de bouze are the other names for this grape variety with small bunches. Sometimes winged, these are cylindrical in shape and bear berries of varying sizes. The colour of the fruit shells, bluish black, is characteristic, as is the intense red of the leaves in autumn. The leaves come from buds that appear early. They are borne by vines that are pruned short and upright. Of average vigor, Gamay de Bouze is found in soils of low fertility. It must be protected from wood diseases and chlorosis. The vinification of the rosé juice from the pulp gives a product with notes of black fruit.
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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.
