The Winery Monte do Além of Algarve

Winery Monte do Além - Tinto
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 44 of the estates of Algarve.
It is located in Algarve

The Winery Monte do Além 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 Monte do Além wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Monte do Além

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Monte do Além

How Winery Monte do Além wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of boeuf en daube, spaghetti cacio e pepe or veal cutlets with cream sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Monte do Além

On the nose the red wine of Winery Monte do Além. often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, black fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Monte do Além. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Monte do Além

  • 2008With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petit Verdot
  • Aragonez
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

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 pink wines of Winery Monte do Além

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Monte do Além

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

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Monte do Além

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 Monte do Além.

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.

News about Winery Monte do Além and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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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 ...

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