The Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Algarve to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre wines in Algarve among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre 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 Morgado da Torre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pumpkin and courgette lasagne, kig ha farz (breton stew) or shrimp, coconut and ginger soup.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre. is a powerful.
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.
How Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, saffron pasta with prawns or slow-cooked veal roast.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre. often reveals types of flavors of spices, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre. is a powerful.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
How Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Quinta do Morgado da Torre. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.
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Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.
