The Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale of Algarve

Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale - Reserva Tinto
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of Algarve.
It is located in Algarve

The Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Algarve to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale wines

Looking for the best Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale wines in Algarve among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale 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 Herdade Barranco do Vale wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

How Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, quiche with tartiflette or milanese osso buco.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

  • 2018With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale.

  • Aragonez
  • Castelao

Discovering the wine region of Algarve

Algarve ('the Algarve' to most English speakers) is the southernmost wine region of Portugal, and the far southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It is more widely known for its beaches and thriving tourist industry than its wines. Although a small quantity of fresh-styled white wines are made here, the wines of the Algarve are predominantly red, and made from classic Portuguese varieties like Castelão and Touriga Nacional, as well as more international varieties like Syrah. The region's wines are produced largely by a by a small number of upscale co-operatives, although the fashion for independent producers is catching on quickly.

Traditionally Algarve wines have been high in Alcohol, the result of a Warm, maritime Climate – just 125 miles (200km) separates Algarve's easternmost Vineyards (in Tavita) from Tangiers, on the North coast of Africa. The region is seperated from the Alentejo plain and the colder north by the Monchique mountains creating an warmer macroclimate for viniculture. The Vitis vinifera vine thrives here in the Algarve climate, which is as well suited to the vine's long-term needs as it is to the short-term needs of humans. The same Bright sunshine, warm air and sea breeze which brings tourists here in their droves is precisely what grape vines require to give prolific yields and fruit with sky-high potential alcohol.

But while the human contingent here is happily self-irrigating, and retreats to air-conditioned comfort at night, the vines are left outside to swelter in the warm night air. Although seemingly perfect, these climatic conditions serve to accelerate the vine growing season, bringing the grapes to their juicy, Sweet potential before they have had a chance to develop much depth of flavor. They also trade their natural acids for sugars as they ripen, so by the end of the season their juice is full of sugar (potential alcohol) and little else. Thus the type of wine traditionally associated with the Algarve is highly potent, lacking in the refreshing acidity which would come in so handy here, and tastes slightly 'baked' – the result of all those hot nights.

The top white wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

How Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of fideuà (paella with pasta and fish), paupiettes with tomato sauce or armorican-style squid.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Antão Vaz
  • Alvarinho

Discover the grape variety: Guillemot

Most certainly from Béarn. It should not be confused with the blancard - or palougue - because they both have the same synonym coer de baco. The Guillemot is practically no longer present in the vineyard and is therefore on the verge of extinction. According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a natural cross between the Manseng Noir and the Verjuice. For more information on other relatives, click here !

The top pink wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

How Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale.

  • Tinta Negra Mole
  • Negramoll

The word of the wine: Stave

A slat of wood that makes up the barrel.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale

Planning a wine route in the of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Herdade Barranco do Vale.

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 Herdade Barranco do Vale and wines from the region

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

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Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

The word of the wine: Stave

A slat of wood that makes up the barrel.

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