The Winery Aldeia of Minho

Winery Aldeia - Melgaco Vinho Espumante Bruto Alvarinho
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 637 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Aldeia is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Aldeia wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Aldeia

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Aldeia

How Winery Aldeia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, lamb stew with melting peppers or aiguillette of duck with honey.

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

  • Alvarinho

Discovering the wine region of Minho

Minho is Portugal's Northernmost wine region. It is known for one wine style above all others: crisp, light, white Vinho Verde, whose DOC zone covers the same territory. The Minho name is used for the area's Vinho Regional designation (similar to the French IGP). The latter's looser production laws allow more diversity in the average winery's portfolio, including red and rosé wines.

Minho VR was formerly known Rios do Minho before the Vinho Regional category was updated in 2008 to fall in line with the EU-wide PGI/IGP/IGT category. The region is located on the Portugal's Atlantic coast to the north and east of Porto, Portugal's second-largest city and the home of Port. It occupies a roughly rectangular area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from north to South, which reaches about 50km (30 miles) inland. There are around 60,000 hectares of vines planted in Minho.

Many of these are dedicated to Vinho Verde, the country's largest DOC. Minho Grape Varieties A number of varieties are also found in Spains Rias Baixas region, which Lies immediately to the north. The key grape varieties to be found in white Minho wines include the natives Alvarinho, Avesso, Loureiro, Pederna (Arinto) and Trajadura. Chardonnay and Riesling are the most common international white varieties.

The top white wines of Winery Aldeia

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Aldeia

How Winery Aldeia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimps with curry and coconut milk, shrimp acras or sliced marinated swordfish cooked a la plancha.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Aldeia

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Alvarinho

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Aldeia

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

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Aldeia and wines from the region

Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008 released

For Dom Pérignon, 2008 marked a significant turning point for its Champagnes. It was the year when the two-part renovation of the red wine winery was completed as well as the culmination of learning from a period of experimentation with different tools and techniques from 2000 to 2005. Scroll down to see the tasting note and score for Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008 ‘It’s not even an evolution, but a revolution between 2000 and today,’ said Dom Pérignon chef de cave Vincent Chaperon. ‘W ...

Vinexpo Paris to host wine and climate change talk

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris, running from 14 to 16 February, will host a discussion on climate change as part of series of roundtable ‘wine talks’ at the show. Decanter contributor and international consultant Rupert Joy will moderate the discussion on ‘making wine in a changing climate’, to be held at 2:30pm on Tuesday 15 February, in Hall Six. Members of the panel include: Pau Roca Blaso – director general of the International Organisation of Vine & Wine Jeremy Cukierman MW – dire ...

Adapting vineyards to a changing climate: Torres look to the future

In the face of rising temperatures and more frequent droughts, what can wine producers do to adapt their viticultural practices? Catalan producer Torres, which has emerged during the past decade as one of the global wine sector’s leading pioneers in tackling climate change, is experimenting with a range of creative ideas. Planting vines at higher altitudes is one option. The company is investing in cooler vineyards high in the mountains of the region. They have planted vines in Tremp at 950m in ...

The word of the wine: Dame-jeanne

Large bottle or wicker-clad carboy used to transport wine and store old spirits before blending.

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