The Winery Quinta de Balão of Vinho Verde of Minho

Winery Quinta de Balão - Alvarinho Branco
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 pasta with scampi, quiche lorraine or beet and goat aperitif verrines.

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
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.32/5

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

  • Alvarinho
  • Loureiro

Discovering the wine region of Vinho Verde

The wine region of Vinho Verde is located in the region of Minho of Portugal. We currently count 535 estates and châteaux in the of Vinho Verde, producing 1615 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Vinho Verde go well with generally quite well with dishes .

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 boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), pasta with merguez or boar in civet.

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

  • 2013With 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: 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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Quinta de Balão

Planning a wine route in the of Vinho Verde? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Quinta de Balão.

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 Quinta de Balão and wines from the region

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

Rethinking the wine bottle for the future

There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...

The word of the wine: Friendly

Said of a wine whose aspects are pleasant and not too marked.

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