The Winery Realejo of Minho

Winery Realejo
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 726 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Realejo is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Realejo wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Realejo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Realejo

How Winery Realejo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels carbonara, cake with olives and bacon or quick and easy baked fish.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Realejo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Realejo. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Realejo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Realejo

  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.88/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Realejo.

  • Alvarinho
  • Avesso
  • Loureiro

Discovering the wine region of Minho

Minho is Portugal's Northernmost wine region. It is known for one wine style above all others: crisp, light, white Vinho Verde, whose DOC zone covers the same territory. The Minho name is used for the area's Vinho Regional designation (similar to the French IGP). The latter's looser production laws allow more diversity in the average winery's portfolio, including red and rosé wines.

Minho VR was formerly known Rios do Minho before the Vinho Regional category was updated in 2008 to fall in line with the EU-wide PGI/IGP/IGT category. The region is located on the Portugal's Atlantic coast to the north and east of Porto, Portugal's second-largest city and the home of Port. It occupies a roughly rectangular area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from north to South, which reaches about 50km (30 miles) inland. There are around 60,000 hectares of vines planted in Minho.

Many of these are dedicated to Vinho Verde, the country's largest DOC. Minho Grape Varieties A number of varieties are also found in Spains Rias Baixas region, which Lies immediately to the north. The key grape varieties to be found in white Minho wines include the natives Alvarinho, Avesso, Loureiro, Pederna (Arinto) and Trajadura. Chardonnay and Riesling are the most common international white varieties.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Realejo

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Discover the grape variety: Loureiro

Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.

News about Winery Realejo and wines from the region

A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

This film is the recording of a webinar on Chablis wines organized in December 2020 with four personalities from Hong Kong: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. They explain the purity of Chablis wines, discuss the latest vintages, and also talk about food and wine pairings, as well as global warming and the transition to more sustainable practices. #Chablis #P ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

The Saint-Véran appellation seen by Kevin Tessieux

Kévin Tessieux, President of the appellation’s winegrower union, shares his perspective on the Saint-Véran appellation and tell us about the origin of its name. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux sociaux : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VinsdeBourgogneofficiel Twitter : https://twitter.com/VinsdeBourgogne​​​ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.li ...

The word of the wine: Dismantling

After devatting, the pomace is removed from the tank. If this operation is carried out manually, it is important to ventilate the vat well to avoid the risk of accidents due to the presence of carbon dioxide.

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