The Winery Encostas de Xira of Vinho de Portugal

Winery Encostas de Xira
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Vinho de Portugal.
It is located in Vinho de Portugal

The Winery Encostas de Xira is one of the best wineries to follow in Vinho de Portugal.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Vinho de Portugal to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Encostas de Xira wines

Looking for the best Winery Encostas de Xira wines in Vinho de Portugal among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Encostas de Xira 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 Encostas de Xira wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Encostas de Xira

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Encostas de Xira

How Winery Encostas de Xira wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Encostas de Xira

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Encostas de Xira.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Fernao Pires
  • Moscatel

Discovering the wine region of Vinho de Portugal

Portugal has undergone something of a wine revolution over the past two decades, modernizing its winemaking technologies, styles and attitudes. This archetypal Old World country has Long been famous for its fortified wines (Port and Madeira) and its light, tangy Vinho Verde. But it is now attracting much attention for its New wave of Rich, ripe table wines, especially the reds of the Douro Valley. Portugal's place in the wine world is arguably more about its cork production than its wine, but that largely depends on which period of history you choose.

In the 18th century, when England's supply of French wine was threatened by deteriorating international relations, the Portuguese Vineyard proved more than capable of Filling the void. It was only in the 20th century, when international demand for Portuguese wines dwindled to almost nothing, that Portugal took the lead in world cork production. In the 21st century, the Portuguese cork industry is struggling (due to the increasing popularity of plastic stoppers and metal screw caps), but the country's wines are on the rise again, led by the Dry reds of the Douro and Dao. Portugal's many grape varieties and their countless regional synonyms are the bane of ampelographers.

Some are endemic to Portugal (e. g. Touriga Nacional), while others are shared with neighboring Spain (e. g.

The top red wines of Winery Encostas de Xira

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Encostas de Xira

How Winery Encostas de Xira wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, trofie ( pasta ) paradiso or beef mironton.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Encostas de Xira

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Encostas de Xira

  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Encostas de Xira.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Castelao

Discover the grape variety: Fernao Pires

In Portugal, it is one of the most planted white grape varieties, and we have found it to be very similar to the torrontés grown in Spain (Galicia). It can be found in Australia and South Africa, but is almost unknown in France.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Encostas de Xira

Planning a wine route in the of Vinho de Portugal? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Encostas de Xira.

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

News about Winery Encostas de Xira 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-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/​​ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

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-Vinzelles, 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/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Tannic

Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.