The Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria of Minho

Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria - Branco
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Vercoope.
It is ranked in the top 697 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

How Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of natural breton lobster, goat cheese and bacon quiche or cream of asparagus soup in verrines.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

On the nose the white wine of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria.

  • Azal
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Loureiro
  • Trajadura

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 Fonte de Santa Quiteria

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

How Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Loureiro

Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.

The top red wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

How Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), rack of lamb in a salt crust or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The word of the wine: Water stress

Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria

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 Fonte de Santa Quiteria.

Discover the grape variety: Corvinone

It has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, but in France it is hardly known. It should not be confused with corvina, another Italian grape variety that is very present in the same region, both of which are most often associated with rondinella and molinara.

News about Winery Fonte de Santa Quiteria and wines from the region

Angélus withdraws from the next St-Emilion classification

Bordeaux’s Château Angélus has withdrawn its candidacy from the next St-Emilion classification, the producer announced today via a press release sent to Decanter. The withdrawal follows that of Château Cheval Blanc and Château Ausone who announced the news in July 2021.  Currently only Château Pavie remains a Premier Grand Cru Classé ‘A’ estate out of the original four having been promoted, alongside Château Angélus, in the 2012 ranking. Angélus said that, while the classification had long been ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. 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/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

The luxury wine group bought Bottom Line Ranch in the San Miguel District for an undisclosed sum. It is exclusively planted with Cabernet, featuring seven top clones on three drought-tolerant rootstocks. Alex Ryan, chief executive and president of The Duckhorn Portfolio, said the sub-appellation’s climate is ideal for producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘There is a reason why Paso Robles has the most Cabernet Sauvignon acreage of any appellation in California outside of Napa Valley,’ added ...

The word of the wine: Water stress

Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.

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