The Winery Quintas de Caiz of Vinho Verde of Minho

The Winery Quintas de Caiz is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Vinho Verde to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Quintas de Caiz wines in Vinho Verde among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quintas de Caiz 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 Quintas de Caiz wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Quintas de Caiz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fried rice with shrimp and chicken, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or parmesan crisps.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Quintas de Caiz. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quintas de Caiz. is a with a nice freshness.
Portuguese star of fresh, slightly sparkling white. High-end Alvarinho in Monção and Melgaço: mineral, precise whites with signature notes of lemon, white peach, flowers and a tense saline finish. Aromatic Loureiro (orange blossom, bay leaf), round Trajadura, full Avesso, lively Arinto. Light natural effervescence, low alcohol (9-11°), sharp vivacity: ideal aperitif and seafood.
Also minority red Vinhão. ~21,000 ha in the northwest, granite soils.
How Winery Quintas de Caiz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Lively, aromatic whites with cutting acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and iodised Atlantic saline notes. Tonic, long finish. The absolute star of the Monção e Melgaço sub-region (Vinho Verde DOC), it signs the finest Portuguese Vinho Verde. Also made as a single variety in the Douro. The Portuguese name for Galician Albariño, native to the northwest Iberian peninsula.
How Winery Quintas de Caiz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef with onions chinese style, tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or normandy style escalope.
Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.
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Vivid, intensely coloured reds with a dark ruby colour, marked tannins and a sharp palate with high acidity, showing signature aromas of sharp red fruits (cherry, redcurrant), spices, herbs and Atlantic mineral notes. Tense, highly distinctive northern profile. Often blended with Vinhão and Espadeiro, contributing to Vinho Verde reds from the Minho. Native black variety from the Vinho Verde region (also known as Azal Tinto), sub-region of Basto.