The Winery Altoviso of Beiras

Winery Altoviso - Alentejano Tinto
The winery offers 34 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.
It is ranked in the top 1951 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Beiras

The Winery Altoviso is one of the best wineries to follow in Beiras.. It offers 34 wines for sale in of Beiras to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Altoviso wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Altoviso

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Altoviso

How Winery Altoviso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), tuna lasagna or chicken with rice for cookeo robot.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Altoviso

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Altoviso. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Altoviso

  • 1980With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.03/5
  • 2008With an average score of 2.84/5
  • 2010With an average score of 2.79/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Aragonez
  • Castelao
  • Trincadeira
  • Jaen

Discovering the wine region of Beiras

Beiras (Beira) is a traditional administrative region in the northern half of Portugal. It is also the name of the IGP, or Indicacoes Geograficas Protegidas, wine classification (formerly known as Vinho Regional) which covers the region as a whole. A wide range of wines are made in Beiras – red wines from the region are typically Rich, deeply colored wines made from Baga, Castelão, Rufete (Tinto Pinheira), Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Touriga Nacional, and are sometimes fortified to emulate their more famous Oporto cousins. Whites are most often based on Fernão Pires and Bical, the latter being a small-berried variety with the affectionate nickname Borrado das Moscaos ('fly droppings').

Beiras is relatively wide, as Portuguese regions go, and stretches from the Atlantic coast right to the border with Spain (about 100 miles/160km). It was traditionally a single region, but was later split into Beira Litoral (coastal Beira) and Beira Interior (inland Beira). The region encompasses several DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada) titles, among them Bairrada, Beira Interior and the famous Dão. Terroir varies greatly in the Beiras region, which touches both sides of Portugal and takes in coastline, rivers, valleys, lakes, plateaux and low mountains.

The same is true of the Climate – although heavily influenced by the Atlantic in the maritime west, the continental draw of Spain's hot, DryCenter is strong in the east. In the west are the sandier soils of the coast, slightly inland are the limestone and clays of Bairrada, and the center has the alluvial soils of the Dão, Mondego and Ceira river valleys. Baga is arguably the most important red wine grape in Beira. It typically makes up the lion's share of red wines, particularly in Bairrada, where it accounts for more than three-quarters of the red plantings.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Altoviso

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Altoviso

How Winery Altoviso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

The top white wines of Winery Altoviso

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Altoviso

How Winery Altoviso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with bleu de bresse, nanie's diced ham quiche or chorizo puff pastry.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Altoviso

  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Altoviso.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Loureiro
  • Trajadura

The word of the wine: Vent (taste of)

A defect that characterizes a wine exposed to the air, and which has lost its aromatic qualities.

Discover the grape variety: Loureiro

Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.

News about Winery Altoviso and wines from the region

Saving La Palma’s special vine heritage

On 19 September 2021, the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge in the island of La Palma, Spain began a massive, three-month long eruption, that was a catastrophic event for this westward island in the Canarias. The volcanic fumes caused breathing problems as well as the cancellation of flights and fruit harvests, including grapes. Despite 7,000 people needing evacuation from the flow of the lava, there was only one fatality during the entire eruption. As the lava flow eventually covered over 1,000ha, mo ...

Champagne 2022 harvest: yield set is highest in over a decade

This is the highest level set since the 2008 vintage, and comes off the back of continued sales growth of Champagne around the world. It is in stark contrast to the 2020 vintage, which was set at 8,000kg per hectare, one of the lowest yields set in recent years, following both drought and a vast drop in consumer demand during the pandemic, which saw sales drop by 18%. In 2021, Champagne experienced one of its most difficult growing seasons for many years, with frost, hail, rain and disease wreak ...

Freixenet Copestick acquires Bolney Wine Estate

One the pioneering English wine estates, Bolney has a portfolio of sparkling and still wines that have won several awards. It was founded in 1972 by Janet and Rodney Pratt and is now run by their daughter, and winemaker, Sam Linter. Commenting on the acquisition, Freixenet Copestick — the UK and Ireland arm of Henkell Freixenet — said it was sure it had found ‘the perfect winery’. MD Robin Copestick said: ‘The sparkling wines are excellent and the business is excellently run by Sam Linter.’ ...

The word of the wine: Vent (taste of)

A defect that characterizes a wine exposed to the air, and which has lost its aromatic qualities.