The Winery Howard's Folly of Alentejo of Alentejano

Winery Howard's Folly
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 176 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejo in the region of Alentejano

The Winery Howard's Folly is one of the best wineries to follow in Alentejo.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Alentejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Howard's Folly wines

Looking for the best Winery Howard's Folly wines in Alentejo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Howard's Folly 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 Howard's Folly wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Howard's Folly

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Howard's Folly

How Winery Howard's Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of small cuttlefish a la plancha, zucchini quiche or fresh sardine rillettes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Howard's Folly

On the nose the white wine of Winery Howard's Folly. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of lime, minerality or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Howard's Folly. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Howard's Folly

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Howard's Folly.

  • Alvarinho

Discovering the wine region of Alentejo

Sun and generosity of southern Portugal, accessible, sun-soaked wines. Fleshy, round reds with signature notes of ripe black fruit (blackberry, plum), sweet spices, cocoa and balsamic notes, velvety tannins. Blends of Aragonez (Tempranillo), fleshy Trincadeira, colourful Alicante Bouschet and fragrant Touriga Nacional. Tropical Antão Vaz whites (peach, mango), lively Arinto.

Unique tradition of talha wines (clay amphorae). ~22,000 ha, 8 sub-regions including Borba.

The top red wines of Winery Howard's Folly

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Howard's Folly

How Winery Howard's Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef with dark beer, leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary or orloff roast.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Howard's Folly

On the nose the red wine of Winery Howard's Folly. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of oaky, smoke or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Howard's Folly. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Howard's Folly

  • 2013With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.88/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Howard's Folly.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Aragonez

Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

Intensely coloured, supple reds with an ink-dark robe, smooth tannins and an ample palate of blackfruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), candied cherry, plum, spices and sunny notes. A teinturier grape with red pulp that deepens colour in southern blends; also a star as a single varietal in Alentejo DOC. Grown in Languedoc, Spain and California. French hybrid created in 1866 by Henri Bouschet (petit bouschet × grenache).

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Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

Lively, aromatic whites with cutting acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and iodised Atlantic saline notes. Tonic, long finish. The absolute star of the Monção e Melgaço sub-region (Vinho Verde DOC), it signs the finest Portuguese Vinho Verde. Also made as a single variety in the Douro. The Portuguese name for Galician Albariño, native to the northwest Iberian peninsula.

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