The Winery Quinta dos Vales of Algarve

Winery Quinta dos Vales
The winery offers 68 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 10 of the estates of Algarve.
It is located in Algarve

The Winery Quinta dos Vales is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 68 wines for sale in of Algarve to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta dos Vales wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales

How Winery Quinta dos Vales wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of vegetarian lasagna, roast pork orloff or mussels with cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of floral, tree fruit or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.77/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Verdelho
  • Antão Vaz
  • Castelao
  • Alvarinho
  • Malvasia

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 red wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales

How Winery Quinta dos Vales wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, pasta gratin carbonara style or veal fillet stroganoff.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, blueberry or pepper and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.81/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Castelao
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales

How Winery Quinta dos Vales wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, cheese fondue or roast lamb with thyme.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Quinta dos Vales. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales

  • 2017With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Quinta dos Vales.

  • Castelao
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Aragonez
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Touriga Franca

The word of the wine: Soft

Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Quinta dos Vales

Planning a wine route in the of Algarve? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Quinta dos Vales.

Discover the grape variety: Aragonez

News about Winery Quinta dos Vales and wines from the region

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Mancey, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

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Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

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The word of the wine: Soft

Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.

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