The Winery Quinta da Lapa is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 34 wines for sale in of Tejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta da Lapa wines in Tejo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta da Lapa 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 Lapa wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta da Lapa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, pasta with porcini mushrooms or beef tournedos with boursin.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta da Lapa. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of violet, licorice or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta da Lapa. is a powerful.
Tejo is a wine region in CentralPortugal which covers the same area as the Ribatejo province, just inland from the major city of Lisbon. The wine appellation's name was changed from Ribatejo in 2009. The entire region may use the Tejo VR (Vinho Regional) designation, similar to the French IGP/Vin de Pays, while some areas produce wines labeled with the higher-level Do Tejo DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada).
A Warm, Dry area, it is also Portugal's only landlocked region – although it is influenced considerably by the Tejo river.
As is the case in neighboring Alentejo, Tejo's top wines are mostly red. Like many parts of Portugal, Tejo's vignerons are looking to the future, planting international varieties like Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon aLongside traditional varieties like Touriga Nacional, Castelão and Trincadeira; wines are often blends of both types. The white wines are dominated by Aromatic, gently Spicy Fernão Pires.
The area's wine regions straddle the Tejo river, the longest on the Iberian Peninsula.
Fertile alluvial soils have long supplied bumper yields of fruit and vegetables for the local population, and wine also benefits from the river's riches – not just in Portugal but in central Spain too. There are two official designations in the region – the Generic Tejo VR and the more specific Do Tejo DOC. These were named as such in 2009 – Prior to this, they were known as Ribatejano and Ribatejo respectively.
As the river is the main waterway connecting Madrid and Lisbon, Ribatejo has long been one of Portugal's richest regions.
How Winery Quinta da Lapa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of cannelloni of meat, cajun jumbalaya rice or scallops with coconut cream.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta da Lapa. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta da Lapa. is a .
How Winery Quinta da Lapa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.
How Winery Quinta da Lapa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of grandma melanie's cassoulet, rabbit with homemade mustard or salmon crumble.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Planning a wine route in the of Tejo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Quinta da Lapa.
