The Winery Companhia das Quintas of Alentejano

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The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Companhia das Quintas.
It is ranked in the top 370 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejano

The Winery Companhia das Quintas is one of the best wineries to follow in Alentejano.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Alentejano to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Companhia das Quintas wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Companhia das Quintas

How Winery Companhia das Quintas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, pesto pasta salad or leg of lamb in braillouse.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas

On the nose the red wine of Winery Companhia das Quintas. 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 Companhia das Quintas. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas

  • 1999With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.17/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Merlot
  • Castelao
  • Touriga Franca

Discovering the wine region of Alentejano

Tejo">Alentejo is a well-known, highly respected wine region in eastern Portugal. This hot, Dry area covers approximately a third of the country and is best known for its red wine, the best of which are sold under the and Alentejo DOC (Denominacao de Origem Controlada) title. Wine from Alentejo is typically made from Aragonez (Tempranillo), Castelao, Trincadeira or a Rich, ripe, jammy blend of the three. Antao Vaz is the white variety of choice here, producing a good level of Acidity and tropical fruit flavors.

Although famously diverse in its portfolio of wine grapes (navigating the many names and their synonyms is a challenge), Alentejo has not been sluggish to adopt such globally popular varieties as Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. One of the most remarkable things about modern Alentejo winemaking is its ability to create a uniquely Alentejano wine style from quintessentially French grape varieties. The region is named for its position South of the Tejo river, which bisects Portugal, entering the ocean near Lisbon. Alentejo extends across about a third of Portugal, with only the Algarve region separating it from the southern coast of the country.

Even the briefest of glances at a population density map of Portugal shows that this area of the country is only very sparsely populated, in stark contrast to the Northern coastal areas around Oporto. Land here is used (somewhat intensively) for the production of various cereal crops, and the cork for which Portugal is so famous. Whereas the cork plantations of the north are quite small, here in Alentejo there is sufficient free space for the thick-barked Quercus suber trees to sprawl out all over the countryside. The Size of Alentejo means that there is a wealth of Terroir, and it is fairly difficult to generalize about the region as a whole.

The top white wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Companhia das Quintas

How Winery Companhia das Quintas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of seafood and mushroom quiche, zucchini quiche or assortments of mini savoury tarts.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Companhia das Quintas. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas

  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Companhia das Quintas.

  • Malvasia
  • Arinto de Bucelas

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

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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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Companhia das Quintas and wines from the region

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Club dVIN offers members trip to ‘Bhutan’s first wine harvest’

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The word of the wine: Oenologist

Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.

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