Winery Quinta da AlamedaTorreão da Alameda Santar Branco
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta da Alameda's Torreão da Alameda Santar Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat de Saint Vallier
Interspecific crossing obtained by Seyve-Villard between the 12 129 Seyve-Villard and the early panse of Provence. This direct-producing hybrid is practically no longer multiplied, and is nowadays only found in private gardens. - Synonymy: 20 473 Seyve-Villard (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Torreão da Alameda Santar Branco from Winery Quinta da Alameda are 2014, 2017, 2015, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Quinta da Alameda
The Winery Quinta da Alameda is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Dão to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Dão
The wine region of Dão is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Dão, producing 1397 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dão go well with generally quite well with dishes .
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').
The word of the wine: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
