The Winery Freitas Martins is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Freitas Martins wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Freitas Martins 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 Freitas Martins wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Freitas Martins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef luc lake, imene's tunisian ojja or real paella recipe from valencia.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Freitas Martins. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
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.
How Winery Freitas Martins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of quinoa with shrimp, magic cake cheese quiche or macaroons foie gras / figs.
Ekigaïna noir 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Ekigaïna noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.
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Intraspecific crossing between the autumn black and the fresno C74-1 obtained in 1981 in the United States by David W. Ramming and Ronald E. Tarailo. We can meet it in South Africa, in Australia, in Italy, in Spain, ... in France, it is almost not known coming certainly from the fact that its maturity is late. Autumn royal is registered in the official catalogue of table grape varieties list B.
