The Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz of Bairrada of Beiras

Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz - Samião Bairrada Blanco
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 270 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Bairrada in the region of Beiras
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The Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz is one of the best wineries to follow in Bairrada.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Bairrada to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

How Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussel clusters, lili's gressins or back of cod with chorizo and parmesan crumble.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

Discovering the wine region of Bairrada

The wine region of Bairrada is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Colinas de São Lourenço or the Domaine Cantanhede produce mainly wines red, sparkling and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bairrada are Baga, Touriga nacional and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bairrada often reveals types of flavors of non oak, honeysuckle or ripe strawberries and sometimes also flavors of white pepper, oil or gooseberry.

In the mouth of Bairrada is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 148 estates and châteaux in the of Bairrada, producing 801 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bairrada go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

How Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, baekenofe (alsatian meat stew) or rabbit terrine in the style of a grandmother (pas de calais).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz.

  • Merlot
  • Touriga Nacional

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

How Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz.

  • Arinto de Bucelas
  • Maria Gomes

The word of the wine: Erinosis

Generally benign condition caused by a very small mite. The infested leaves show blisters on the upper surface, sometimes reddish, sometimes green, to which corresponds on the lower surface a dense felting, first pinkish white, then brownish or reddish.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz

Planning a wine route in the of Bairrada? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz.

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

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.

News about Winery Quinta Vale do Cruz and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

A new level of identity for Canary Island wines

“Origen 1989” by Bodega el Lomo is a wine made from the certified parcel of, “Los Laureles”, a 12ha vineyard at 600m of altitude that holds centenary bush vines. It’s the first wine certified under this new system, having just arrived to market this month with others to come in the near future. While the DO Islas Canarias covers the entire territory of these eight Spanish islands off the western coast of Africa, there are 10 other DOs that govern the wines of certai ...

The word of the wine: Erinosis

Generally benign condition caused by a very small mite. The infested leaves show blisters on the upper surface, sometimes reddish, sometimes green, to which corresponds on the lower surface a dense felting, first pinkish white, then brownish or reddish.

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