The Winery Quinta de Balão of Vinho Verde of Minho

Winery Quinta de Balão
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 164 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Vinho Verde in the region of Minho

The Winery Quinta de Balão is one of the best wineries to follow in Vinho Verde.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Vinho Verde to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta de Balão wines

Looking for the best Winery Quinta de Balão wines in Vinho Verde among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta de Balão 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 Quinta de Balão wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Quinta de Balão

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta de Balão

How Winery Quinta de Balão wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of quick paella, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or basil and cherry tomato clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta de Balão

On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta de Balão. often reveals types of flavors of earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta de Balão. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta de Balão

  • 2019With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Quinta de Balão.

  • Alvarinho
  • Loureiro

Discovering the wine region of Vinho Verde

Portuguese star of fresh, slightly sparkling white. High-end Alvarinho in Monção and Melgaço: mineral, precise whites with signature notes of lemon, white peach, flowers and a tense saline finish. Aromatic Loureiro (orange blossom, bay leaf), round Trajadura, full Avesso, lively Arinto. Light natural effervescence, low alcohol (9-11°), sharp vivacity: ideal aperitif and seafood.

Also minority red Vinhão. ~21,000 ha in the northwest, granite soils.

The top red wines of Winery Quinta de Balão

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta de Balão

How Winery Quinta de Balão wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked marrow bones, greek-style shepherd's pie or magret stuffed with foie gras.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta de Balão

  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta de Balão.

  • Vinhão

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

Lively, aromatic whites with cutting acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and iodised Atlantic saline notes. Tonic, long finish. The absolute star of the Monção e Melgaço sub-region (Vinho Verde DOC), it signs the finest Portuguese Vinho Verde. Also made as a single variety in the Douro. The Portuguese name for Galician Albariño, native to the northwest Iberian peninsula.

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Discover the grape variety: Loureiro

Lively, highly aromatic whites with tonic acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of white flowers (bay, acacia, orange blossom), citrus, white peach, white flesh fruits and Atlantic saline notes. Fresh, refreshing finish. Star of Vinho Verde DOC from Minho (Portugal) in blends with Alvarinho and Trajadura, and signature of Rías Baixas DO in Galicia. Native grape of the northwest Iberian peninsula, its name evokes the bay laurel (loureiro).

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