The Winery Quinta da Lixa is one of the world's great estates. It offers 69 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta da Lixa wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta da Lixa 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 Quinta da Lixa wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta da Lixa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of lobster barbecue, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or express beef samoussa.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta da Lixa. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta da Lixa. is a with a nice freshness.
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 Quinta da Lixa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or shellfish such as recipes of beef bobotie, basque lasagne or scallops with coconut cream.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Quinta da Lixa. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth the pink wine of Winery Quinta da Lixa. is a with a nice freshness.
How Winery Quinta da Lixa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.
How Winery Quinta da Lixa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef stew express, pasta with scamorza and pancetta cheese or veal liver in vinegar.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta da Lixa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta da Lixa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Quinta da Lixa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.
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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.
