The Winery Santo Andre is one of the best wineries to follow in Tejo.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Tejo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Santo Andre wines in Tejo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Santo Andre 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 Santo Andre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Santo Andre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of family potluck, tuscan pastachute or veal paupiettes with white wine.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Santo Andre. is a with a nice freshness.
Tejo is a wine region in CentralPortugal which covers the same area as the Ribatejo province, just inland from the major city of Lisbon. The wine appellation's name was changed from Ribatejo in 2009. The entire region may use the Tejo VR (Vinho Regional) designation, similar to the French IGP/Vin de Pays, while some areas produce wines labeled with the higher-level Do Tejo DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada).
A Warm, Dry area, it is also Portugal's only landlocked region – although it is influenced considerably by the Tejo river.
As is the case in neighboring Alentejo, Tejo's top wines are mostly red. Like many parts of Portugal, Tejo's vignerons are looking to the future, planting international varieties like Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon aLongside traditional varieties like Touriga Nacional, Castelão and Trincadeira; wines are often blends of both types. The white wines are dominated by Aromatic, gently Spicy Fernão Pires.
The area's wine regions straddle the Tejo river, the longest on the Iberian Peninsula.
Fertile alluvial soils have long supplied bumper yields of fruit and vegetables for the local population, and wine also benefits from the river's riches – not just in Portugal but in central Spain too. There are two official designations in the region – the Generic Tejo VR and the more specific Do Tejo DOC. These were named as such in 2009 – Prior to this, they were known as Ribatejano and Ribatejo respectively.
As the river is the main waterway connecting Madrid and Lisbon, Ribatejo has long been one of Portugal's richest regions.
How Winery Santo Andre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pad thai, moist parmesan steak or fish and shrimp curry.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Santo Andre. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Originally from the Charentes region, it is now endangered. It is still found in isolated stocks, most often in old ugni blanc plantations. This variety is said to be the result of a natural cross between folle blanche and ugni blanc. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A1. - Synonyms: frontignan des Charentes, aramon blanc by mistake in the Var, gros montils on the island of Oléron, ugni de Montpellier, burger (not to be confused with elbling and gouais blanc which have the same synonym), auba, meslier d'Orléans (not to be confused with meslier saint François) (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!)
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Orbois blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Orbois blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
