The Winery Goncalves Monteiro & Filhos is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Goncalves Monteiro & Filhos wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Goncalves Monteiro & Filhos 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 Goncalves Monteiro & Filhos wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Goncalves Monteiro & Filhos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, steamed lamb shoulder with cumin and coriander or roast duck breast or duck fillet with dried apricots.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Goncalves Monteiro & Filhos. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
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Haute-Savoie finds in Mondeuse blanche one of the oldest grape varieties planted in its vineyards. It can be found throughout Savoie and Ain, although its cultivation is not very well developed. Barely 5 hectares of vineyards are planted with this variety. It is known by other names such as savouette, dongine, couilleri or aigre blanc. Mondeuse blanche can be recognized by the downy appearance of its young shoots bearing very tan leaves, reminiscent of spider webs. The leaf blade tends to lose its tan appearance as it ages, while the 5 lobes are clearly defined. Mondeuse blanche produces bunches of grapes that give a wine with good acidity and a long shelf life, which can be kept for up to thirty years. They appear compact, cylindrical and winged. The juicy, sweet and crunchy berries ripen in the second late season. The golden yellow or green skin is quite strong, covering an ovoid or spherical fruit of medium size.
