The Winery Camaleão of Minho

Winery Camaleão
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 121 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Camaleão is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Camaleão wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Camaleão

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Camaleão

How Winery Camaleão wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of chicken with scampi for christmas, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or cream of asparagus soup in verrines.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Camaleão

On the nose the white wine of Winery Camaleão. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, grass or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oak or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Camaleão. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Camaleão

  • 2019With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Alvarinho
  • Chardonnay
  • Loureiro
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 Camaleão

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Camaleão

How Winery Camaleão wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with onions chinese style, couscous merguez or duck breast in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Camaleão

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Camaleão

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Camaleão and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

The word of the wine: Runoff

Failure of the vine flower to fertilize at the time of flowering, when the weather is too cold or rainy. Under these conditions, the vine will have few or no clusters.

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