The Winery Encosta do Xisto of Minho

Winery Encosta do Xisto
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 502 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Encosta do Xisto is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Encosta do Xisto wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Encosta do Xisto

How Winery Encosta do Xisto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of sea sauerkraut with white wine, cake with olives and bacon or moqueca de peixe (brazil).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

On the nose the white wine of Winery Encosta do Xisto. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Encosta do Xisto. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto.

  • Alvarinho
  • Loureiro

Discovering the wine region of Minho

Portugal's northernmost region, heart of Atlantic Vinho Verde. Signature lively, lightly sparkling whites with signature notes of citrus, green apple, white flowers, fresh herbs and a saline touch, thirst-quenching, low-alcohol palate — the sunshine wine par excellence. High-end star Alvarinho (peach, exotic fruits, minerality), floral Loureiro (laurel), ample Trajadura, taut Arinto, structured Avesso. Vinhão as lively red.

Humid oceanic climate.

The top pink wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Encosta do Xisto

How Winery Encosta do Xisto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto.

  • Espadeiro

Discover the grape variety: Vinhão

Intensely coloured and lively reds for drinking young, with a deep, near-black purple colour, firm tannins, a nervous palate, and signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), spices and fresh inky notes. Very acidic and highly coloured, sometimes slightly pétillant. Star of the Vinho Verde tinto DOC (Basto sub-region), signature aromatic variety of the red Minho green wines. Native Portuguese black variety, identical to Sousão and Galician Sousón.

The top red wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Encosta do Xisto

How Winery Encosta do Xisto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto

  • 0With an average score of 2.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Encosta do Xisto.

  • Vinhão

The word of the wine: Stripped

Said of a wine that is generally too old and has lost its colour, volume and power.

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Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

Lively, aromatic whites with cutting acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and iodised Atlantic saline notes. Tonic, long finish. The absolute star of the Monção e Melgaço sub-region (Vinho Verde DOC), it signs the finest Portuguese Vinho Verde. Also made as a single variety in the Douro. The Portuguese name for Galician Albariño, native to the northwest Iberian peninsula.

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