The Winery Quinta de Pacos is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta de Pacos wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta de Pacos 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 de Pacos wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta de Pacos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fish shells, quiche without eggs or seaweed tartar.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta de Pacos. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta de Pacos. 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 de Pacos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.
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In Portugal, it is one of the most planted white grape varieties, and we have found it to be very similar to the torrontés grown in Spain (Galicia). It can be found in Australia and South Africa, but is almost unknown in France.
