The Winery Opta of Beiras

Winery Opta
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 266 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Beiras

The Winery Opta is one of the best wineries to follow in Beiras.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Beiras to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Opta wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Opta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Opta

How Winery Opta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew, lamb chops à la champvallon or vermicelli sautéed with peking duck.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Opta

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Opta

  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Alfrocheiro Preto
  • Baga
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Aragonez

Discovering the wine region of Beiras

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Opta

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Opta

How Winery Opta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Opta

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Opta. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Opta

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Opta.

  • Chardonnay
  • Baga
  • Bical
  • Cerceal Branco

Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

It is a crossbreed made in 1855 by Louis and Henri Bouschet from an intraspecific crossing between Grenache noir and Petit Bouschet. The Alicante Henri Bouschet is less and less multiplied, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of vine of wine grapes list A.

The top white wines of Winery Opta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Opta

How Winery Opta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimp risotto with curry, delicious moroccan fritters or angry fried whiting.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Opta

On the nose the white wine of Winery Opta. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Opta. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Opta

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Encruzado
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Cerceal Branco
  • Malvasia Fina
  • Moscatel de Setúbal

The word of the wine: Harmonious

Balance of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. This harmony is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.

The top pink wines of Winery Opta

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Opta

How Winery Opta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of burger roll or salted king's cake with cauliflower.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Opta.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Alfrocheiro Preto

Discover the grape variety: Aragonez

Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

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The word of the wine: Harmonious

Balance of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. This harmony is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.