The Winery Portotide of Galice

Winery Portotide - Ribeira Sacra Mencia
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.7.
It is ranked in the top 3632 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Galice

The Winery Portotide is one of the best wineries to follow in Galice.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Galice to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Portotide wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Portotide

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Portotide

How Winery Portotide wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of guinea fowl with olives, rabbit with beer or wiener schnitzel or viennese schnitzel.

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

  • Mencia

Discovering the wine region of Galice

Galicia is one of the 17 first-level administrative regions (called comunidades autónomas) of Spain. It occupies the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, and is exposed on two sides to the Atlantic Ocean. To the South is Portugal, to the east Castilla y Leon. Viticulture has a Long tradition in Galicia, introduced to the region by the ancient Romans and continued by monks throughout the Middle Ages.

Today, Galicia is best known for its Rias Baixas wines - crisp, Aromatic whites made mainly from Albarino. Galician wines bear striking similarities to those of Minho (notably Vinho Verde), just across the border in Portugal. Shaped by the waves and winds of the Atlantic, the Galician coastline is spectacular; steep cliffs alternate with coastal coves called rías. The interior of the region is characterized by Green hills that rise gently eastward toward the Cantabrian Mountains, reaching heights of 2,000 metres (6,600 feet).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Portotide

Planning a wine route in the of Galice? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Portotide.

Discover the grape variety: Mencia

Spanish, more precisely from the Duero Valley where it is still very present. According to some ampelographers, it is close to Cabernet Franc.

News about Winery Portotide and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Flowable

A supple, easy-drinking wine with little consistency in the mouth.