The Winery Quinta da Tor of Algarve

Winery Quinta da Tor
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 19 of the estates of Algarve.
It is located in Algarve

The Winery Quinta da Tor is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Algarve to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta da Tor wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta da Tor

How Winery Quinta da Tor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beer goulash, tagliatelle with mushrooms or home-made coq au vin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta da Tor. often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta da Tor. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.63/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Aragonez
  • Trincadeira

Discovering the wine region of Algarve

Algarve ('the Algarve' to most English speakers) is the southernmost wine region of Portugal, and the far southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. It is more widely known for its beaches and thriving tourist industry than its wines. Although a small quantity of fresh-styled white wines are made here, the wines of the Algarve are predominantly red, and made from classic Portuguese varieties like Castelão and Touriga Nacional, as well as more international varieties like Syrah. The region's wines are produced largely by a by a small number of upscale co-operatives, although the fashion for independent producers is catching on quickly.

Traditionally Algarve wines have been high in Alcohol, the result of a Warm, maritime Climate – just 125 miles (200km) separates Algarve's easternmost Vineyards (in Tavita) from Tangiers, on the North coast of Africa. The region is seperated from the Alentejo plain and the colder north by the Monchique mountains creating an warmer macroclimate for viniculture. The Vitis vinifera vine thrives here in the Algarve climate, which is as well suited to the vine's long-term needs as it is to the short-term needs of humans. The same Bright sunshine, warm air and sea breeze which brings tourists here in their droves is precisely what grape vines require to give prolific yields and fruit with sky-high potential alcohol.

But while the human contingent here is happily self-irrigating, and retreats to air-conditioned comfort at night, the vines are left outside to swelter in the warm night air. Although seemingly perfect, these climatic conditions serve to accelerate the vine growing season, bringing the grapes to their juicy, Sweet potential before they have had a chance to develop much depth of flavor. They also trade their natural acids for sugars as they ripen, so by the end of the season their juice is full of sugar (potential alcohol) and little else. Thus the type of wine traditionally associated with the Algarve is highly potent, lacking in the refreshing acidity which would come in so handy here, and tastes slightly 'baked' – the result of all those hot nights.

The top pink wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Quinta da Tor

How Winery Quinta da Tor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina), lamb stew with melting peppers or simple chicken curry.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Aragonez
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Touriga Nacional

Discover the grape variety: Trincadeira

The top white wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta da Tor

How Winery Quinta da Tor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pasta gratin with courgettes and ham, ham and cheese macaroni gratin or carri of shrimps with chillies.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta da Tor. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta da Tor

  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Quinta da Tor.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Síria
  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Roast (taste of)

Characteristic taste of wines made from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea.

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Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

News about Winery Quinta da Tor and wines from the region

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The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

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The word of the wine: Roast (taste of)

Characteristic taste of wines made from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea.

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