The Winery Foral de Melgaço is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Monção e Melgaço to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Foral de Melgaço wines in Monção e Melgaço among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Foral de Melgaço 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 Foral de Melgaço wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Foral de Melgaço wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of californian sushi (reverse maki), quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or tuna and tomato mini quiches without batter.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Foral de Melgaço. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Foral de Melgaço. is a with a nice freshness.
The wine region of Monção e Melgaço is located in the region of Vinho Verde of Minho of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anselmo Mendes or the Domaine Quinta da Pedra produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monção e Melgaço are Alvarinho, Loureiro and Albarino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monção e Melgaço often reveals types of flavors of green apple, yeast or slate and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, yellow plum or acacia.
In the mouth of Monção e Melgaço is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 49 estates and châteaux in the of Monção e Melgaço, producing 158 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Monção e Melgaço go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.
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It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
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Said of a wine that leaves little trace in the mouth after tasting (also called "short in the mouth").
