The Winery Guimarães of Minho

Winery Guimarães
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 77 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Guimarães is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Guimarães wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Guimarães

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Guimarães

How Winery Guimarães wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of stuffed squid, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or seaweed tartar.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Guimarães

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Guimarães

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Trajadura
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Loureiro
  • 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 Guimarães

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Guimarães

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

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Guimarães

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Guimarães. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Guimarães.

  • Espadeiro

Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

The top red wines of Winery Guimarães

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Guimarães

How Winery Guimarães wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of autumn leaves, doner kebab or venison leg marinated in white wine and grand marnier.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Guimarães

On the nose the red wine of Winery Guimarães. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Guimarães. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Guimarães

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Guimarães.

  • Vinhão

The word of the wine: Reserve wine (champagne)

Older wines, kept in vats or aged in wood in some houses, or kept in magnums at Bollinger. A small percentage of these wines are used in the blending of non-vintage wines in order to bring greater aromatic complexity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Guimarães

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 Guimarães.

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Guimarães and wines from the region

The Morey Saint Denis appellation seen by Laurent Lignier

Laurent Lignier from Domaine Hubert Lignier and Président of the winegrowers union, mentions the great diversity in the expression of the Morey-Saint-DenisPremier Cru wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021. 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​ ...

A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

This film is the recording of a webinar on Chablis wines organized in December 2020 with four personalities from Hong Kong: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. They explain the purity of Chablis wines, discuss the latest vintages, and also talk about food and wine pairings, as well as global warming and the transition to more sustainable practices. #Chablis #P ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The word of the wine: Reserve wine (champagne)

Older wines, kept in vats or aged in wood in some houses, or kept in magnums at Bollinger. A small percentage of these wines are used in the blending of non-vintage wines in order to bring greater aromatic complexity.

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