The Winery Elmo of Minho

Winery Elmo
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 1635 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Elmo is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Elmo wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Elmo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Elmo

How Winery Elmo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, lamb tagine with prunes and dried fruits or cassoulet.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Elmo

  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

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 white wines of Winery Elmo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Elmo

How Winery Elmo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of samoussa 3 reunionese cheeses, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or fresh vegetable dips and their sauces for the aperitif.

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

  • Trajadura
  • Azal
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Loureiro

Discover the grape variety: Trajadura

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Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

News about Winery Elmo and wines from the region

Food and Chablis wines pairing, by Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this 4-minute clip, Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG illustrate how easily Chablis wines complement all kinds of food, all the way from cheese to caviar! #Chablis #PureChablis ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

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-Prissé, 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 available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 14 geographical denominations of the Bourgogne appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on the Bourgogne appellation! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comp ...

The word of the wine: Primeur (purchase in)

Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.

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