The Winery Quinta Alta of Douro of Duriense

Winery Quinta Alta - Qalt Reserva Branco
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta Alta is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta Alta wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Quinta Alta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta Alta

How Winery Quinta Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, pasta with broccoli or traditional tunisian couscous.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta Alta

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta Alta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta Alta

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5

Discovering 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 top red wines of Winery Quinta Alta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta Alta

How Winery Quinta Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef with mustard, pipe rigate bolognese sauce or doner kebab.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta Alta

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta Alta. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta Alta

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Quinta Alta

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Quinta Alta

How Winery Quinta Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice or peppers with lentil stuffing.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Quinta Alta.

  • Touriga Nacional

The word of the wine: Persistence

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

Discover the grape variety: Verdelet

Interspecific crossing between 5455 Seibel and 4938 Seibel (see graph of parentage by clicking here!) obtained by Albert Seibel (1844-1936). This direct-producing hybrid has been very little cultivated in France, in the United States white wines were produced.

News about Winery Quinta Alta and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute

The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

Port producer proposes new classification for ‘young harvest’ releases

Albino Jorge Sousa, owner of Port estate Quinta da Boeira, said his proposal for a new classification called ‘Full Body-Young Harvest’ Ports would inject cashflow earlier for Port producers. Jorge Sousa urged the Port sector to ‘wake up’ to meet what he said was growing demand for younger Ports from wine buyers and importers over the past two years. His proposal comes amid wider efforts to help reinvigorate the Port category. This year, Portugal’s Port and Douro Wine Institute, the I ...

The word of the wine: Persistence

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

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