Winery PicotoVinho Verde
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, appetizers and snacks or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Vinho Verde
Pairings that work perfectly with Vinho Verde
Original food and wine pairings with Vinho Verde
The Vinho Verde of Winery Picoto matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with chicken, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or pretzel and ode mauricette!.
Details and technical informations about Winery Picoto's Vinho Verde.
Discover the grape variety: Pinella blanca
A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a very long time in Italy - where it originated - and that can still be found today in the Veneto region. It is also known in Slovenia and Bulgaria, but is virtually unknown in France. According to genetic analysis, it is related to the white gouais, which it resembles somewhat. There is a Pinella nera, but it is not clear whether it is the black form.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vinho Verde from Winery Picoto are 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Picoto
The Winery Picoto is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .
The wine region of Duriense
Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.
The word of the wine: Decanting
Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
