The Winery Ilex of Alentejo of Alentejano

Winery Ilex - Margalha Tinto
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 799 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejo in the region of Alentejano

The Winery Ilex is one of the best wineries to follow in Alentejo.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Alentejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ilex wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Ilex

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ilex

How Winery Ilex wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef coarse salt, mouse of lamb with honey and thyme or mutton stew with potatoes and garlic.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ilex

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ilex. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ilex. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ilex

  • 2009With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.46/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petit Verdot
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Aragonez
  • Tinto Cao

Discovering the wine region of Alentejo

The wine region of Alentejo is located in the region of Alentejano of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cartuxa or the Domaine Adega Mayor produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alentejo are Touriga nacional, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Touriga franca, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alentejo often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dill or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, black currant or iron.

In the mouth of Alentejo is a powerful. We currently count 295 estates and châteaux in the of Alentejo, producing 1163 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alentejo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ilex

Planning a wine route in the of Alentejo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ilex.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Ilex 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 ...

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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The word of the wine: Raw

A term whose meaning varies according to the region (terroir or estate), but which everywhere contains the idea of identifying a wine with a specific place of production.

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