The Winery Fernando Horta of Minho

Winery Fernando Horta - Branco
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 643 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Fernando Horta is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fernando Horta wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Fernando Horta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fernando Horta

How Winery Fernando Horta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of lobster tail armorican style, vegan leek and tofu quiche or emulsion of foie gras with pata negra.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fernando Horta

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fernando Horta

  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Azal
  • Alvarinho

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 pink wines of Winery Fernando Horta

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Fernando Horta

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

Discover the grape variety: Bogdanusa

This grape variety was formerly cultivated in Croatia, more precisely on the island of Hvar in southern Dalmatia. In France, it is practically unknown.

The top red wines of Winery Fernando Horta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fernando Horta

How Winery Fernando Horta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, lamb tagine with broad beans or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fernando Horta

  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

The word of the wine: Sensory analysis

Technical name of the tasting.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fernando Horta

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 Fernando Horta.

Discover the grape variety: Aranel

Aranel blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and small grapes. The white Aranel can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Fernando Horta and wines from the region

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The Chablis vineyard and the transition to sustainable practices

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The word of the wine: Sensory analysis

Technical name of the tasting.

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