The Winery Adegas d'Altamira of Galice

Winery Adegas d'Altamira - Brandal Albarino
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1981 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Galice

The Winery Adegas d'Altamira is one of the best wineries to follow in Galice.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Galice to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Adegas d'Altamira wines

Looking for the best Winery Adegas d'Altamira wines in Galice among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Adegas d'Altamira 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 Adegas d'Altamira wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Adegas d'Altamira

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Adegas d'Altamira

How Winery Adegas d'Altamira wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of pasta with scamorza and pancetta cheese, squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal) or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Adegas d'Altamira

On the nose the white wine of Winery Adegas d'Altamira. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Adegas d'Altamira.

  • Albariño

Discovering the wine region of Galice

Galicia is one of the 17 first-level administrative regions (called comunidades autónomas) of Spain. It occupies the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, and is exposed on two sides to the Atlantic Ocean. To the South is Portugal, to the east Castilla y Leon. Viticulture has a Long tradition in Galicia, introduced to the region by the ancient Romans and continued by monks throughout the Middle Ages.

Today, Galicia is best known for its Rias Baixas wines - crisp, Aromatic whites made mainly from Albarino. Galician wines bear striking similarities to those of Minho (notably Vinho Verde), just across the border in Portugal. Shaped by the waves and winds of the Atlantic, the Galician coastline is spectacular; steep cliffs alternate with coastal coves called rías. The interior of the region is characterized by Green hills that rise gently eastward toward the Cantabrian Mountains, reaching heights of 2,000 metres (6,600 feet).

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Discover the grape variety: Merzling

A cross between Seyval and FR 375-52 (Riesling x Pinot Gris or Rülander) obtained in Germany in 1960 by Johannes Zimmermann. It can be found in Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, etc. In France, it is practically unknown.

News about Winery Adegas d'Altamira and wines from the region

Plan for major English winery development in Kent blocked

Medway councillors in Kent have voted against plans to build the ‘Kentish Wine Vault’ English winery on ‘green belt’ land located in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), surrounding the small village of Cuxton. Plans for the major winery development were submitted by Vineyard Farms Ltd, sister group of MDCV UK Ltd, which is controlled by Mark Dixon, the billionaire British businessman resident of Monaco. Designed by leading architecture group Foster &am ...

‘Exceptional’ Lafleur 2021 released en primeur

Château Lafleur 2021 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign this morning (27 May) at the equivalent of £6,508 (12x75cl in bond), according to Liv-ex. This sought-after Pomerol label, produced from a vineyard of just 4.5 hectares, is often sold in smaller quantities and sometimes only on allocation. UK merchant Justerini & Brooks was offering three-bottle cases of Lafleur 2021 for £1,627 in bond at the time of writing. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Lafleur 2021 97 points, naming it ...

Long Read: Wine had a past with sailboats. Does it have a future too?

In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...

The word of the wine: Decanter

1) Glass container with a narrow neck used to aerate or decant the wine. 2) Decanter wines: wines that are drunk young and that were once drawn directly from the barrel. For example, some Muscadets or Beaujolais.