The Winery Enigma of Alentejano

Winery Enigma
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Enoport United Wines.
It is ranked in the top 1722 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejano

The Winery Enigma is one of the best wineries to follow in Alentejano.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Alentejano to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Enigma wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Enigma

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Enigma

How Winery Enigma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, leg of lamb in butterfly (barbecue) or chicken supreme with morels.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Enigma

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Enigma. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Enigma

  • 1983With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.21/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Aragonez
  • Trincadeira

Discovering the wine region of Alentejano

Tejo">Alentejo is a well-known, highly respected wine region in eastern Portugal. This hot, Dry area covers approximately a third of the country and is best known for its red wine, the best of which are sold under the and Alentejo DOC (Denominacao de Origem Controlada) title. Wine from Alentejo is typically made from Aragonez (Tempranillo), Castelao, Trincadeira or a Rich, ripe, jammy blend of the three. Antao Vaz is the white variety of choice here, producing a good level of Acidity and tropical fruit flavors.

Although famously diverse in its portfolio of wine grapes (navigating the many names and their synonyms is a challenge), Alentejo has not been sluggish to adopt such globally popular varieties as Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. One of the most remarkable things about modern Alentejo winemaking is its ability to create a uniquely Alentejano wine style from quintessentially French grape varieties. The region is named for its position South of the Tejo river, which bisects Portugal, entering the ocean near Lisbon. Alentejo extends across about a third of Portugal, with only the Algarve region separating it from the southern coast of the country.

Even the briefest of glances at a population density map of Portugal shows that this area of the country is only very sparsely populated, in stark contrast to the Northern coastal areas around Oporto. Land here is used (somewhat intensively) for the production of various cereal crops, and the cork for which Portugal is so famous. Whereas the cork plantations of the north are quite small, here in Alentejo there is sufficient free space for the thick-barked Quercus suber trees to sprawl out all over the countryside. The Size of Alentejo means that there is a wealth of Terroir, and it is fairly difficult to generalize about the region as a whole.

The top white wines of Winery Enigma

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Enigma

How Winery Enigma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of fish with tamarind, basque chicken with chorizo or festive sea pot.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Enigma

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Enigma. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Enigma

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Loureiro
  • Trajadura

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

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Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

News about Winery Enigma and wines from the region

Burge is back in Krondorf winery – for the third time

The Krondorf facility is where Burge’s enigmatic wine empire began in 1978, when he created the successful Krondorf Wines label in partnership with the late Ian Wilson. After selling the Krondorf brand to Mildara Blass Wines, he bought the winery site to establish Grant Burge Wines in 1988, a label that grew to produce 750,000 dozen wines a year and turn over $70m. Grant Burge Wines is a brand now owned by Accolade Wines, having been sold by Burge and his wife Helen in January 2015 [announcement ...

Bordeaux: Dourthe president Patrick Jestin to retire

Jestin said he has decided to retire after 35 years of helping to develop Maison Dourthe and Bordeaux in general – from exploring new vineyard management and winemaking techniques to promoting wines on the international stage. ‘Although no longer involved in the day-to-day side of the business, rest assured that I will continue to support the company as both stakeholder and trustee,’ he said. Dourthe, founded in 1840, has owned fifth growth estate Château Belgrave since 1979 but also has several ...

Walls: Tavel and its unexpected revolution

When asked which is the most exciting appellation in the Rhône, there’s one that currently springs to mind before all others: Tavel. I have to be honest with you: I don’t buy much rosé. So, given that Tavel is, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘one of France’s few all-rosé appellations,’ my response might be unexpected. The Oxford Companion is technically correct, of course – the wines made here are paler than a typical red wine. But compared to other rosés, that’s where the comparison ...

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

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