The Winery Vinhas do Ocidente of Alentejano

Winery Vinhas do Ocidente
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Casa Relvas.
It is ranked in the top 1122 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejano

The Winery Vinhas do Ocidente is one of the best wineries to follow in Alentejano.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Alentejano to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vinhas do Ocidente wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

How Winery Vinhas do Ocidente wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), semolina-merguez salad or veal paupiettes à la bourguignonne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

On the nose the red wine of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

  • 2017With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.44/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente.

  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Aragonez

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 Vinhas do Ocidente

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

How Winery Vinhas do Ocidente wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of spinach cannelloni, pulled pork (us pulled pork ) or tagliatelle with seafood and saffron cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Vinhas do Ocidente.

  • Verdelho
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Antão Vaz

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Verdelho

The white Verdelho is a grape variety that originated in Portugal. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of medium size. The white Verdelho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, South West.

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