The Winery Moura Basto is one of the best wineries to follow in Beiras.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Beiras to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Moura Basto wines in Beiras among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Moura Basto 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 Moura Basto wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Moura Basto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Beiras (Beira) is a traditional administrative region in the northern half of Portugal. It is also the name of the IGP, or Indicacoes Geograficas Protegidas, wine classification (formerly known as Vinho Regional) which covers the region as a whole. A wide range of wines are made in Beiras – red wines from the region are typically Rich, deeply colored wines made from Baga, Castelão, Rufete (Tinto Pinheira), Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Touriga Nacional, and are sometimes fortified to emulate their more famous Oporto cousins. Whites are most often based on Fernão Pires and Bical, the latter being a small-berried variety with the affectionate nickname Borrado das Moscaos ('fly droppings').
Beiras is relatively wide, as Portuguese regions go, and stretches from the Atlantic coast right to the border with Spain (about 100 miles/160km). It was traditionally a single region, but was later split into Beira Litoral (coastal Beira) and Beira Interior (inland Beira). The region encompasses several DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada) titles, among them Bairrada, Beira Interior and the famous Dão.
Terroir varies greatly in the Beiras region, which touches both sides of Portugal and takes in coastline, rivers, valleys, lakes, plateaux and low mountains.
The same is true of the Climate – although heavily influenced by the Atlantic in the maritime west, the continental draw of Spain's hot, DryCenter is strong in the east. In the west are the sandier soils of the coast, slightly inland are the limestone and clays of Bairrada, and the center has the alluvial soils of the Dão, Mondego and Ceira river valleys.
Baga is arguably the most important red wine grape in Beira. It typically makes up the lion's share of red wines, particularly in Bairrada, where it accounts for more than three-quarters of the red plantings.
How Winery Moura Basto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of blanquette of the sea, goat cheese and bacon quiche or cake with olives and bacon.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Moura Basto. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Moura Basto. is a with a nice freshness.
How Winery Moura Basto wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of family potluck, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or duck aiguillettes with apples.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Moura Basto. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Moura Basto. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
A harsh, biting wine, characterized by an excess of tannins and acidity. It is often said of young wines that lack smoothness.
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