The Winery Campelo is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Campelo wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Campelo 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 Campelo wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Campelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, lamb curl or wild rabbit with cider.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Campelo. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
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.
How Winery Campelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal), zucchini and goat cheese quiche or pretzels (alsace).
On the nose the white wine of Winery Campelo. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Campelo. is a with a nice freshness.
Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.
How Winery Campelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of thai beef curry, ham lasagness or lamb tagine with prunes.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Campelo. often reveals types of flavors of oak, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Campelo. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Character of a wine that reflects light with brilliance. The brilliance is enhanced when the wine is decanted.
How Winery Campelo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or rabbit legs with mushrooms.
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.
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Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
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Character of a wine that reflects light with brilliance. The brilliance is enhanced when the wine is decanted.
