The Winery Quinta do Barco is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta do Barco wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta do Barco 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 do Barco wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta do Barco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of sublime fish and shrimp colombo, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or tuna rillettes.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta do Barco. 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 do Barco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
This grape variety is native to Turkey, where it is very well known and highly appreciated. It is virtually unknown in France and even less so in other wine-producing countries. Still in Turkey, we can find a white grape variety called kalecik also known as hasandede beyazi.
How Winery Quinta do Barco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, lamb curl or venison leg with tomato sauce.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta do Barco. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Fungus that causes grape rot.
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An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in the Italian Piedmont, now less and less planted, and practically unknown in France as in all other wine-producing countries. Note that it is not related to Barbera Nero.
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Fungus that causes grape rot.
