The Winery Adega do Fortes of Ribeira Sacra of Galice

Winery Adega do Fortes - Muras de Fortes
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 132 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Ribeira Sacra in the region of Galice

The Winery Adega do Fortes is one of the best wineries to follow in Ribeira Sacra.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Ribeira Sacra to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Adega do Fortes wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Adega do Fortes

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

How Winery Adega do Fortes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of hungarian goulash, zucchini and goat cheese lasagna or axoa from espelette ( 22nd meeting ).

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

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

Discovering the wine region of Ribeira Sacra

The wine region of Ribeira Sacra is located in the region of Galice of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Raúl Pérez or the Domaine Daterra Viticultores produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribeira Sacra are Mencia, Albarino and Tempranillo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribeira Sacra often reveals types of flavors of cream, balsamic or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, floral or mulberry.

In the mouth of Ribeira Sacra is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 122 estates and châteaux in the of Ribeira Sacra, producing 326 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ribeira Sacra go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Adega do Fortes

Planning a wine route in the of Ribeira Sacra? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Adega do Fortes.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in 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 to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Adega do Fortes and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

The word of the wine: Disorder

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.