The Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto of Douro of Duriense

Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto - Tinto
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is ranked in the top 48 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto

How Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, pasta with ham or lamb mouse confit in wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto

On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto

  • 2015With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Souzao
  • Touriga Francesa

Discovering the wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover the grape variety: Baco blanc

Interspecific crossing obtained in 1898 by François Baco (1865-1947) between the folle blanche and the noah, which it resembles somewhat. With the latter, Baco blanc is distinguished by a light beige felt under the leaf, whereas it is white for the noah. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

News about Winery Quinta do Monte Xisto and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

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 ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).

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