The Caves da Montanha of Bairrada of Beiras

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The winery offers 61 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 46 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Bairrada in the region of Beiras

The Caves da Montanha is one of the world's great estates. It offers 61 wines for sale in of Bairrada to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Caves da Montanha wines

Looking for the best Caves da Montanha wines in Bairrada among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Caves da Montanha 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 Caves da Montanha wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Caves da Montanha

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Caves da Montanha

How Caves da Montanha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quiche without pastry, spaghetti with salmon or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Caves da Montanha

On the nose the sparkling wine of Caves da Montanha. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Caves da Montanha

  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Caves da Montanha.

  • Baga
  • Fernao Pires
  • Bical
  • Malvasia Fina
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Bairrada

The wine region of Bairrada is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Colinas de São Lourenço or the Domaine Cantanhede produce mainly wines red, sparkling and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bairrada are Baga, Touriga nacional and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bairrada often reveals types of flavors of non oak, honeysuckle or ripe strawberries and sometimes also flavors of white pepper, oil or gooseberry.

In the mouth of Bairrada is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 148 estates and châteaux in the of Bairrada, producing 801 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bairrada go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Caves da Montanha

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Caves da Montanha

How Caves da Montanha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of thai beef curry, lamb mice confit and melting carrots or alsatian wine pie.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Caves da Montanha

On the nose the red wine of Caves da Montanha. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Caves da Montanha. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Caves da Montanha

  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Caves da Montanha.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Aragonez
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

The top white wines of Caves da Montanha

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Caves da Montanha

How Caves da Montanha wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with white wine and tomato, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or caricoles as in brussels (translation: sea snails or whelks).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Caves da Montanha

In the mouth the white wine of Caves da Montanha. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Caves da Montanha

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Caves da Montanha

Planning a wine route in the of Bairrada? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Caves da Montanha.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Caves da Montanha and wines from the region

St-Emilion 2012 Classification upheld in court

Bordeaux’s administrative court of appeal has effectively validated the St-Emilion 2012 Classification after rejecting long-standing complaints from three châteaux. France’s national appellation body, INAO, said the decision upholds an original court ruling from 2015. It added the complainants still have two months in which to appeal the judgement, however. Legal challenges to the St-Emilion 2012 Classification have been a feature of the past decade in Bordeaux. INAO said it was ‘reassured’ by t ...

Vega Sicilia invests €20m in Galicia white wine plan

Vega Sicilia’s announcement of its project in Galicia brings an end to months of industry speculation over where exactly the company would make its first Spanish white wines. Spanish daily newspapers El País and Cinco Días revealed news of the construction of a new winery and the acquisition of 24 hectares of vineyards by Vega Sicilia, owned by the Álvarez family. Vega Sicilia confirmed that production would initially consist of two white wines: Deiva, a white Crianza (aged 2 years); and Arnela, ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.