The Winery Terra d'Alter of Alentejo of Alentejano

Winery Terra d'Alter
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Terras de Alter Companhia de Vinhos.
It is ranked in the top 22 of the estates of Alentejano.
It is located in Alentejo in the region of Alentejano

The Winery Terra d'Alter is one of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Alentejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Terra d'Alter wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Terra d'Alter

How Winery Terra d'Alter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or poultry such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, roast veal orloff or coconut chicken curry in thermomix.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

On the nose the red wine of Winery Terra d'Alter. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, violet or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Terra d'Alter. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

  • 2021With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.83/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Terra d'Alter.

  • Aragonez
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Trincadeira
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Alentejo

The wine region of Alentejo is located in the region of Alentejano of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cartuxa or the Domaine Adega Mayor produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alentejo are Touriga nacional, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Touriga franca, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alentejo often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dill or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, black currant or iron.

In the mouth of Alentejo is a powerful. We currently count 295 estates and châteaux in the of Alentejo, producing 1163 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alentejo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Terra d'Alter

How Winery Terra d'Alter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with zucchini, chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms or linguine with squid ink and cockles.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

On the nose the white wine of Winery Terra d'Alter. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Terra d'Alter. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.64/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Terra d'Alter.

  • Viognier
  • Síria
  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Verdelho
  • Gouveio
  • Viosinho

Discover the grape variety: Aragonez

The top pink wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Terra d'Alter

How Winery Terra d'Alter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew or old-fashioned aligot.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Terra d'Alter. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Terra d'Alter.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Aragonez
  • Alfrocheiro Preto

The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).

The top sweet wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Terra d'Alter

How Winery Terra d'Alter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of veal cutlets with savoy tomme, rabbit with basquaise sauce or festive sea pot.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Terra d'Alter

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Terra d'Alter.

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

It is a crossbreed made in 1855 by Louis and Henri Bouschet from an intraspecific crossing between Grenache noir and Petit Bouschet. The Alicante Henri Bouschet is less and less multiplied, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of vine of wine grapes list A.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Terra d'Alter

Planning a wine route in the of Alentejo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Terra d'Alter.

Discover the grape variety: Verdelho

The white Verdelho is a grape variety that originated in Portugal. 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 grapes of medium size. The white Verdelho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, South West.

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