The Winery Aveleda of Minho

Winery Aveleda - Vinho Verde
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Aveleda.
It is ranked in the top 91 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Aveleda is one of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Aveleda wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Aveleda

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Aveleda

How Winery Aveleda wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of lamb with okra sauce, quiche without pastry or verrine of beetroot and saint moret.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Aveleda

On the nose the white wine of Winery Aveleda. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tree fruit or lemon zest and sometimes also flavors of straw, chalk or guava. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Aveleda. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Aveleda

  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1964With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 1870With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Alvarinho
  • Loureiro
  • Trajadura
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Azal
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Minho

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.

The top red wines of Winery Aveleda

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Aveleda

How Winery Aveleda wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, pho soup or lamb epigram in spicy sauce.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Aveleda

  • 1992With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Aveleda

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Aveleda

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

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Aveleda

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Aveleda. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Aveleda

  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Aveleda.

  • Loureiro
  • Alvarinho

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 other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Aveleda

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

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Aveleda and wines from the region

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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.

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