The Winery Curvos is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Curvos wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Curvos 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 Curvos wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Curvos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of marinated mussels with parsley, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or baguette filled with saint moret and ham.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Curvos. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Curvos. 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 Curvos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, uzbek pilaf or pheasant with mushrooms and tomatoes.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Curvos. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Curvos. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
How Winery Curvos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.
How Winery Curvos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
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Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
