The Winery Al-Ria of Algarve

Winery Al-Ria
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Casa Santos Lima.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Algarve.
It is located in Algarve

The Winery Al-Ria is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Algarve to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Al-Ria wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Al-Ria

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Al-Ria

How Winery Al-Ria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of goat cheese and spinach lasagne, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or chinese fondue.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Al-Ria

On the nose the white wine of Winery Al-Ria. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Al-Ria. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Al-Ria

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Al-Ria.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Codega de Larinho
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Algarve

Algarve ('the Algarve' to most English speakers) is the southernmost wine region of Portugal, and the far southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It is more widely known for its beaches and thriving tourist industry than its wines. Although a small quantity of fresh-styled white wines are made here, the wines of the Algarve are predominantly red, and made from classic Portuguese varieties like Castelão and Touriga Nacional, as well as more international varieties like Syrah. The region's wines are produced largely by a by a small number of upscale co-operatives, although the fashion for independent producers is catching on quickly.

Traditionally Algarve wines have been high in Alcohol, the result of a Warm, maritime Climate – just 125 miles (200km) separates Algarve's easternmost Vineyards (in Tavita) from Tangiers, on the North coast of Africa. The region is seperated from the Alentejo plain and the colder north by the Monchique mountains creating an warmer macroclimate for viniculture. The Vitis vinifera vine thrives here in the Algarve climate, which is as well suited to the vine's long-term needs as it is to the short-term needs of humans. The same Bright sunshine, warm air and sea breeze which brings tourists here in their droves is precisely what grape vines require to give prolific yields and fruit with sky-high potential alcohol.

But while the human contingent here is happily self-irrigating, and retreats to air-conditioned comfort at night, the vines are left outside to swelter in the warm night air. Although seemingly perfect, these climatic conditions serve to accelerate the vine growing season, bringing the grapes to their juicy, Sweet potential before they have had a chance to develop much depth of flavor. They also trade their natural acids for sugars as they ripen, so by the end of the season their juice is full of sugar (potential alcohol) and little else. Thus the type of wine traditionally associated with the Algarve is highly potent, lacking in the refreshing acidity which would come in so handy here, and tastes slightly 'baked' – the result of all those hot nights.

The top red wines of Winery Al-Ria

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Al-Ria

How Winery Al-Ria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of cornish pasties, pasta gratin with courgettes and ham or oven-baked veal cutlets.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Al-Ria

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Al-Ria

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Al-Ria.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Tinta Negra Mole

Discover the grape variety: Codega de Larinho

The top pink wines of Winery Al-Ria

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Al-Ria

How Winery Al-Ria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, lamb tagine with quince or simple chicken curry.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Al-Ria.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Touriga Nacional

The word of the wine: Confit

Said of red wines that offer a very ripe nose of red and black fruits reminiscent of jam. On the palate, these aromas are dominant, the wine is very fleshy and round, and leaves an impression of sweetness on the finish that weighs it down.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Al-Ria

Planning a wine route in the of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Al-Ria.

Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

News about Winery Al-Ria and wines from the region

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Pierreclos, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

The Saint-Véran appellation investigated through its geology and geography

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The word of the wine: Confit

Said of red wines that offer a very ripe nose of red and black fruits reminiscent of jam. On the palate, these aromas are dominant, the wine is very fleshy and round, and leaves an impression of sweetness on the finish that weighs it down.

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