The Winery Alpiarca is one of the best wineries to follow in Tejo.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Tejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Alpiarca wines in Tejo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alpiarca 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 Alpiarca wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Alpiarca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, pasta with broccoli or venison bourguignon.
Tejo is a wine region in CentralPortugal which covers the same area as the Ribatejo province, just inland from the major city of Lisbon. The wine appellation's name was changed from Ribatejo in 2009. The entire region may use the Tejo VR (Vinho Regional) designation, similar to the French IGP/Vin de Pays, while some areas produce wines labeled with the higher-level Do Tejo DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada).
A Warm, Dry area, it is also Portugal's only landlocked region – although it is influenced considerably by the Tejo river.
As is the case in neighboring Alentejo, Tejo's top wines are mostly red. Like many parts of Portugal, Tejo's vignerons are looking to the future, planting international varieties like Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon aLongside traditional varieties like Touriga Nacional, Castelão and Trincadeira; wines are often blends of both types. The white wines are dominated by Aromatic, gently Spicy Fernão Pires.
The area's wine regions straddle the Tejo river, the longest on the Iberian Peninsula.
Fertile alluvial soils have long supplied bumper yields of fruit and vegetables for the local population, and wine also benefits from the river's riches – not just in Portugal but in central Spain too. There are two official designations in the region – the Generic Tejo VR and the more specific Do Tejo DOC. These were named as such in 2009 – Prior to this, they were known as Ribatejano and Ribatejo respectively.
As the river is the main waterway connecting Madrid and Lisbon, Ribatejo has long been one of Portugal's richest regions.
How Winery Alpiarca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
No one can agree on the origin of Syrah, the black grape variety found today in the Rhône Valley, Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon and southwestern France. Several legends speak of its possible origin in Sicily, Persia or Syria. Tests have finally revealed that it originated in the northern Côtes du Rhône valley. Syrah is a fragile grape variety, which fears drought and is susceptible to disease. Its long shoots are not very resistant to the mistral, which is why they are often tied up or cut short. It needs soil rich in trace elements to feed itself. In these conditions, it produces bunches of beautiful bluish-black grapes with medium-sized berries and sweet, spicy juice. Its red wines are deep in colour, with fruity, spicy and floral aromatic complexity and tannins that structure the whole. With little acidity, they are rather full-bodied and have a high alcohol content. Syrah also makes fruity rosé wines, which are pleasant and have a nice finesse.vinified on its own, Syrah is the only red grape variety of the AOC Cornas and is the majority in the AOC Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage. It is also recommended in the Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Saint-Joseph and Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellations. Finally, the AOCs Palette, Baux-de-Provence, Corbières, Côtes-du-Roussillon, Fronton... also produce it. Today, Syrah is a grape variety that is constantly increasing in surface area throughout the world. It is growing in Italy, Australia, South Africa, Argentina and Mexico.
Planning a wine route in the of Tejo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alpiarca.
Intraspecific crossing obtained in Germany in 1931 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between early pinot noir and frankenthal. This variety can still be found in Germany, the United Kingdom, etc. In France, it is practically unknown.
