The Winery 7 Tentações of Minho

Winery 7 Tentações - Alvarinho
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery 7 Tentações is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery 7 Tentações wines

Looking for the best Winery 7 Tentações wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery 7 Tentações 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 7 Tentações wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery 7 Tentações

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery 7 Tentações

How Winery 7 Tentações wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops with saffron, baked tortilla or english-style cod fillet.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery 7 Tentações

In the mouth the white wine of Winery 7 Tentações. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery 7 Tentações

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery 7 Tentações.

  • Alvarinho

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.

The top pink wines of Winery 7 Tentações

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery 7 Tentações

How Winery 7 Tentações wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery 7 Tentações.

  • Espadeiro

Discover the grape variety: Baco blanc

Interspecific crossing obtained in 1898 by François Baco (1865-1947) between the folle blanche and the noah, which it resembles somewhat. With the latter, Baco blanc is distinguished by a light beige felt under the leaf, whereas it is white for the noah. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

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Planning a wine route in the of Minho? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery 7 Tentações.

Discover the grape variety: Chasan

Chasan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Chasan blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery 7 Tentações and wines from the region

Rare Haut-Brion helps Prince Robert of Luxembourg cellar auction ‘smash’ estimate

All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m.  Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter makes its New York debut

Decanter held its first US event a few days ago – a Fine Wine Encounter featuring some 50 highly prestigious names who brought their most iconic bottles, four expert masterclasses and a chance to sample a selection of DWWA award-winning wines. The venue was Manhatta, a restaurant and events space in New York’s Financial District, which has the advantage of being on the 60th floor, affording jaw-dropping views across the city and the rivers, with a birds-eye view of the Statue of Liberty and a ra ...

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

The word of the wine: Brut nature (or ultra brut)

A type of champagne that has not received any dosage liqueur.

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