The Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio of Serra Gaúcha of Rio Grande do Sul
The Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio is one of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in of Serra Gaúcha to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio wines in Serra Gaúcha among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio 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 Don Bonifacio wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of barbecue burger, lamb chops with figs and honey or cheeseburger.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Serra Gaúcha is a Brazilian wine region in the Southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, where Brazil meets Uruguay. Its name is apt: the landscape here is characterized by low mountain ranges (serras) and populated by gaúchos, the cowboys of the Brazilian Pampas.
Small landholdings of just a few hectares are the norm in Serra Gacúha, which makes co-operative winemaking almost a necessity. The cost of buying and maintaining winemaking equipment is considerable, so local vignerons pool their resources and invest in shared, co-operative wineries.
It was through similar collaborative efforts that a group of Serra Gaúcha winemakers successfully campaigned for the creation of Vale do Vinhedos DO, Brazil's first wine appellation. With the infamous Bento Goncalves at the heart, Serra Gaúcha is considered the wine capital region of Brazil and is responsible for 80 percent of the entire country's production of wine.
Serra Gaúcha's Terroir is characterized by the region's altitude and latitude, while the local culture is tangibly influenced by the immigrant populations from Germany and Italy. Porto Alegre is the state capital and is, as its name impLies, a harbor town.
It lies at the eastern edge of the Serra Gaúcha winelands, and from there the land rises from sea level to more than 2,500 feet (760m) at Caixas do Sul, the state's second city and local wine capital. The altitude and mountainous topography here are vital to the area's suitability for viticulture, providing cooling temperatures to create a longer growing season and higher acid retention. Soil type of the region is also attributed to the altitude with viticulture predominantly found planted in pockets of volcanic basalt that is high in nutrients.
The local cuisine and architecture show significant Italian influences, and Italy is largely to thank for the birth of effective viticulture here in the late 19th Century.
How Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of veal cutlets with savoy tomme, duck with olives or potato and smoked salmon gratin.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
How Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, tunisian sandwich or clams in white wine.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio. is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.
How Winery Quinta Don Bonifacio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or duck confit (canned).
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
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Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
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A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.