The Winery Cortinha Velha of Monção e Melgaço of Minho

Winery Cortinha Velha - Alvarinho
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Monção e Melgaço in the region of Minho

The Winery Cortinha Velha is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Monção e Melgaço to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cortinha Velha wines

Looking for the best Winery Cortinha Velha wines in Monção e Melgaço among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cortinha Velha 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 Cortinha Velha wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cortinha Velha

How Winery Cortinha Velha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of catalan zarzuela, sunshine pie with tomato pesto and pine nuts or zohra's fish tagine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

On the nose the white wine of Winery Cortinha Velha. often reveals types of flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Cortinha Velha. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5

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

  • Alvarinho
  • Trajadura

Discovering the wine region of Monção e Melgaço

The wine region of Monção e Melgaço is located in the region of Vinho Verde of Minho of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anselmo Mendes or the Domaine Quinta da Pedra produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monção e Melgaço are Alvarinho, Loureiro and Albarino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monção e Melgaço often reveals types of flavors of green apple, yeast or slate and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, yellow plum or acacia.

In the mouth of Monção e Melgaço is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 49 estates and châteaux in the of Monção e Melgaço, producing 158 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Monção e Melgaço go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Cortinha Velha

How Winery Cortinha Velha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Cortinha Velha.

  • Alvarinho

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cortinha Velha

How Winery Cortinha Velha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cortinha Velha

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Cortinha Velha.

  • Vinhão

The word of the wine: Yellow wine

White wines from the Jura region aged in oak barrels without topping up for at least 6 years. A veil of yeast forms on the surface of the wine, which undergoes slow oxidation, giving it a particular taste reminiscent of nuts.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Cortinha Velha

Planning a wine route in the of Monção e Melgaço? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Cortinha Velha.

Discover the grape variety: Fantasy seedless

Cross between B36-27 and P64-18 obtained in the United States (California) by David Wilder Ramming and Ronald Tarailo and where it is cultivated since 1994. The slightly foxed taste of its flesh makes us think that there was an intervention of a direct producer hybrid itself with a foxed taste.

News about Winery Cortinha Velha 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 ...

The power of music: How Brahms might make your wine taste better

There’s a reason why heavily-applied perfume ranks highly on most wine lovers’ list of pet peeves. It overpowers your senses, conceals aromas and distorts your perception of a wine. In professional tastings and wine exams the wearing of perfume is banned, if not thoroughly frowned upon. You just don’t do it. What then, if we applied the same logic to music, controlling the sounds we hear, or don’t hear, while tasting wine? There’s no doubt that a chaotic environment can clog your synapses, makin ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Igé

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-Igé, 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 availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ ...

The word of the wine: Yellow wine

White wines from the Jura region aged in oak barrels without topping up for at least 6 years. A veil of yeast forms on the surface of the wine, which undergoes slow oxidation, giving it a particular taste reminiscent of nuts.