The Winery Altimo of Dão of Beiras

Winery Altimo - Dão Branco
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 296 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Dão in the region of Beiras

The Winery Altimo is one of the best wineries to follow in Dão.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Dão to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Altimo wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Altimo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Altimo

How Winery Altimo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of my chef's pot, mini burgers or japanese fondue.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Altimo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Altimo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Altimo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Altimo

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

Discovering the wine region of Dão

The wine region of Dão is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Dão, producing 1397 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dão go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Altimo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Altimo

How Winery Altimo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, lamb roast with lavender or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Altimo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Altimo. 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 Altimo. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Altimo

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Altimo.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Castelao
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

News about Winery Altimo and wines from the region

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Bergeron

See roussanne.