The Winery Quinta d'Amares is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta d'Amares wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta d'Amares 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 d'Amares wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta d'Amares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of californian sushi (reverse maki), quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or sunshine pie with tomato pesto and pine nuts.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta d'Amares. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta d'Amares. 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 d'Amares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Quinta d'Amares. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
How Winery Quinta d'Amares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style or market garden rice salad.
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Planning a wine route in the of Minho? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Quinta d'Amares.
The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.
Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitte ...
Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Burgy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...
The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...
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