Winery Quinta Vale d'AldeiaXaino Branco

White wine of Douro of Duriense of Portugal

3.7

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Xaino Branco of Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia is a white wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Xaino Branco from the Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia

Light		Bold
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Xaino Branco of Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Food and wine pairings with Xaino Branco

Pairings that work perfectly with Xaino Branco

Original food and wine pairings with Xaino Branco

Cured meat

The Xaino Branco of Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with bleu de bresse, tuna and tomato mini quiches without batter or moqueca de peixe (brazil).

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia's Xaino Branco.

Winery

Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Bertille Seyve 872

Interspecific crossing made by Bertille Seyve (1864-1944) between 85 Seibel and 2 Gaillard. This direct producing hybrid was mainly multiplied in the center of France where we found it and photographed it, but also in the departments of the Rhone valley, the Loiret valley, Isère, Vienne and Nièvre.

Last vintages of this wine

Xaino Branco - 2018

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 4.1

Xaino Branco - 2014

In the top 100 of of Douro wines

Average rating: 3.7

The best vintages of Xaino Branco from Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia are 2018, 2014

Informations about the Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia

The winery offers 34 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta Vale d'Aldeia is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 32 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 15000 of of Portugal wines

In the top 3000 of of Douro wines

In the top 70000 of white wines

In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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