The Winery Adega do Cantor of Algarve

Winery Adega do Cantor
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Algarve.
It is located in Algarve

The Winery Adega do Cantor is one of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Algarve to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Adega do Cantor wines

Looking for the best Winery Adega do Cantor wines in Algarve among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Adega do Cantor 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 Adega do Cantor wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Adega do Cantor

How Winery Adega do Cantor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, rabbit marinated with herbs and mustard or marinated mussels with parsley.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Adega do Cantor.

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

Discovering the wine region of Algarve

Region of southernmost Portugal between Atlantic and serra, ~3,000 hours of sun/year. Negra Mole as a native red signature (~75%): light and accessible with signature notes of red cherry, raspberry, ripe plum, Mediterranean herbs and a spicy touch, fine tannins — easy-drinking southern style. Supple Castelao, spicy Trincadeira, dense Touriga Nacional, sunny Syrah. Whites Siria, Malvasia Fina (yellow fruits, flowers), taut Arinto.

4 DOCs including Lagos and Tavira.

The top red wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Adega do Cantor

How Winery Adega do Cantor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, makroud or veal grenadin with balsamic vinegar and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

On the nose the red wine of Winery Adega do Cantor. often reveals types of flavors of earth, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Adega do Cantor. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Adega do Cantor.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Aragonez

Discover the grape variety: Antão Vaz

Full-bodied, structured whites with a pale golden robe, ample palate and moderate acidity, with signature aromas of ripe tropical fruits (mango, passion fruit), mandarin zest, stone fruits (peach, apricot) and mineral notes. Sunny Mediterranean profile, fine potential for oak ageing. Pillar of the great whites of Alentejo DOC, vinified as a single variety or blended with Roupeiro and Arinto. Indigenous Portuguese white variety from Alentejo.

The top white wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Adega do Cantor

How Winery Adega do Cantor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with parmesan cream and ham, savoyard pizza (cream base) or shrimp with curry express.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

On the nose the white wine of Winery Adega do Cantor. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Adega do Cantor. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

  • 2013With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.42/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Adega do Cantor.

  • Verdelho
  • Viognier
  • Arinto de Bucelas

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

The top pink wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Adega do Cantor

How Winery Adega do Cantor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fresh sausage, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or kefta.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Adega do Cantor. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Adega do Cantor

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Adega do Cantor.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Aragonez
  • Alicante Bouschet

Discover the grape variety: Verdelho

Structured, taut whites with precise acidity and a slender mouth, featuring aromas of citrus (lemon, orange peel), dried fruits, toasted almond, Mediterranean herbs and pronounced saline notes. A historic pillar of medium-dry Madeira (one of the island's four classic noble grapes) where it develops complex oxidative notes. Also as structured dry whites in Douro DOC and Australia (Hunter Valley). Native Portuguese grape, unrelated to Spanish Verdejo.

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Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

Intensely coloured, supple reds with an ink-dark robe, smooth tannins and an ample palate of blackfruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), candied cherry, plum, spices and sunny notes. A teinturier grape with red pulp that deepens colour in southern blends; also a star as a single varietal in Alentejo DOC. Grown in Languedoc, Spain and California. French hybrid created in 1866 by Henri Bouschet (petit bouschet × grenache).

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