The Winery Monte Cruz of Alentejano

Winery Monte Cruz
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1580 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejano

The Winery Monte Cruz is one of the best wineries to follow in Alentejano.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Alentejano to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Monte Cruz wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Monte Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Monte Cruz

How Winery Monte Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of baked marrow bones, chaouia lamb or sauté of veal with olives (corsica).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Monte Cruz

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Monte Cruz. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Monte Cruz

  • 2016With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.51/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Merlot
  • Trincadeira

Discovering the wine region of Alentejano

Tejo">Alentejo is a well-known, highly respected wine region in eastern Portugal. This hot, Dry area covers approximately a third of the country and is best known for its red wine, the best of which are sold under the and Alentejo DOC (Denominacao de Origem Controlada) title. Wine from Alentejo is typically made from Aragonez (Tempranillo), Castelao, Trincadeira or a Rich, ripe, jammy blend of the three. Antao Vaz is the white variety of choice here, producing a good level of Acidity and tropical fruit flavors.

Although famously diverse in its portfolio of wine grapes (navigating the many names and their synonyms is a challenge), Alentejo has not been sluggish to adopt such globally popular varieties as Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. One of the most remarkable things about modern Alentejo winemaking is its ability to create a uniquely Alentejano wine style from quintessentially French grape varieties. The region is named for its position South of the Tejo river, which bisects Portugal, entering the ocean near Lisbon. Alentejo extends across about a third of Portugal, with only the Algarve region separating it from the southern coast of the country.

Even the briefest of glances at a population density map of Portugal shows that this area of the country is only very sparsely populated, in stark contrast to the Northern coastal areas around Oporto. Land here is used (somewhat intensively) for the production of various cereal crops, and the cork for which Portugal is so famous. Whereas the cork plantations of the north are quite small, here in Alentejo there is sufficient free space for the thick-barked Quercus suber trees to sprawl out all over the countryside. The Size of Alentejo means that there is a wealth of Terroir, and it is fairly difficult to generalize about the region as a whole.

The top white wines of Winery Monte Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Monte Cruz

How Winery Monte Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of phad thai (thai style fried noodles), pork roll with mustard or marinated mussels with maroilles.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Monte Cruz

On the nose the white wine of Winery Monte Cruz. often reveals types of flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Monte Cruz. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Monte Cruz

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.77/5

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

  • Antão Vaz

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Monte Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Monte Cruz

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Monte Cruz

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.10/5

The word of the wine: Servadou iron

A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.

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Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

News about Winery Monte Cruz and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Servadou iron

A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.

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