The Winery Cruzeiro of Minho

Winery Cruzeiro
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 722 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Cruzeiro is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cruzeiro wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Cruzeiro

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cruzeiro

How Winery Cruzeiro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of slivers of squid with tomato, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or biscuits for dogs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cruzeiro

On the nose the white wine of Winery Cruzeiro. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Cruzeiro. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cruzeiro

  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Loureiro
  • Trajadura

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 Cruzeiro

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cruzeiro

How Winery Cruzeiro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot-au-feu, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or rack of lamb with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cruzeiro

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cruzeiro. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cruzeiro

  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Padeiro
  • Caiño tinto
  • Vinhão
  • Amaral

Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

The top pink wines of Winery Cruzeiro

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cruzeiro

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cruzeiro

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Caiño tinto
  • Padeiro

The word of the wine: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Cruzeiro

Planning a wine route in the of Minho? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Cruzeiro.

Discover the grape variety: Trajadura

News about Winery Cruzeiro and wines from the region

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The Saint-Véran 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 Saint-Véran appellation.The exercice is particularly complex as there are so many variables that make up the terroir throughout its geographical area. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux so ...

The word of the wine: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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