The Winery Casa do Barroso is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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How Winery Casa do Barroso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of navarin of lamb, couscous merguez or wild boar stew (without marinade or wine).
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Casa do Barroso. is a powerful 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 do Barroso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimp marinade, peach and tuna verrine or cod with chorizo.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Casa do Barroso. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
A very old variety grown most often in Kakhetia (Georgia). It can also be found in Moldavia, Ukraine, Dagestan, Central Asia... almost unknown in France.
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Its country of origin is Greece - it is related to the Greek xynomavro grape variety - and it has been cultivated for a long time in southern Italy, particularly in the southern region of Puglia, although it is known throughout the country. It should not be confused with aglianico, with which it has some synonyms. It should be noted that there is an early Negro Aramo clone. We can also meet the Negro Aramo in England, Australia, New Zealand, the United States (California, ...), ... in France it is almost unknown.
