The Winery Astronaut is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Astronaut wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Astronaut 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 Astronaut wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Astronaut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, soy and shrimp noodles or express seafood spaghetti.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Astronaut. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Astronaut. is a with a nice freshness.
Minho is Portugal's Northernmost wine region. It is known for one wine style above all others: crisp, light, white Vinho Verde, whose DOC zone covers the same territory. The Minho name is used for the area's Vinho Regional designation (similar to the French IGP).
The latter's looser production laws allow more diversity in the average winery's portfolio, including red and rosé wines.
Minho VR was formerly known Rios do Minho before the Vinho Regional category was updated in 2008 to fall in line with the EU-wide PGI/IGP/IGT category.
The region is located on the Portugal's Atlantic coast to the north and east of Porto, Portugal's second-largest city and the home of Port. It occupies a roughly rectangular area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from north to South, which reaches about 50km (30 miles) inland.
There are around 60,000 hectares of vines planted in Minho.
Many of these are dedicated to Vinho Verde, the country's largest DOC.
Minho Grape Varieties
A number of varieties are also found in Spains Rias Baixas region, which Lies immediately to the north. The key grape varieties to be found in white Minho wines include the natives Alvarinho, Avesso, Loureiro, Pederna (Arinto) and Trajadura. Chardonnay and Riesling are the most common international white varieties.
How Winery Astronaut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, express seafood spaghetti or lamb keftas.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Astronaut. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Astronaut. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
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.
How Winery Astronaut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork such as recipes of paupiettes with tomato sauce.
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Most certainly Portuguese.
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