The Winery Casa de Vila Verde is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Casa de Vila Verde wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Casa de Vila Verde 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 Casa de Vila Verde wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Casa de Vila Verde 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, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or baked tortilla.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Casa de Vila Verde. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Casa de Vila Verde. 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 Casa de Vila Verde wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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.
How Winery Casa de Vila Verde wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed peppers, lamb curry or civet of wild boar.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Casa de Vila Verde. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Casa de Vila Verde. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
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How Winery Casa de Vila Verde wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of stewed beef heart or savoury endive puff pastry.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Casa de Vila Verde. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
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.
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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.
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