The Winery Ribeiro Santo of Dão of Beiras

Winery Ribeiro Santo - Touriga Nacional
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 26 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Dão in the region of Beiras

The Winery Ribeiro Santo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Dão to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ribeiro Santo wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo

How Winery Ribeiro Santo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, trapper's barbecue or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of floral, microbio or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.83/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Alfrocheiro Preto
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinto Cao
  • Trousseau
  • Encruzado

Discovering the wine region of Dão

The wine region of Dão is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Dão, producing 1397 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dão go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo

How Winery Ribeiro Santo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of seafood pastilla, baked vegetable chips or fish soup.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

  • 2011With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5

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

  • Encruzado
  • Malvasia Fina
  • Bical

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo

How Winery Ribeiro Santo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef or savoyard fondue with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Arinto de Bucelas

The word of the wine: Acidity

When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.

The top pink wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ribeiro Santo

How Winery Ribeiro Santo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables or sunday night ham and cheese sandwich by fred.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ribeiro Santo.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz

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.

Discover the grape variety: Trousseau

Trousseau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Jura). 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 grapes of medium size. Trousseau noir can be found in many vineyards: Jura, South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Winery Ribeiro Santo 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 ...

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 ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

The word of the wine: Acidity

When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.