The Winery Terras de Amares of Minho

Winery Terras de Amares
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 69 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Terras de Amares is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Terras de Amares wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Terras de Amares

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Terras de Amares

How Winery Terras de Amares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with roquefort cheese, quiche without eggs or sweet potato chips.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Terras de Amares

On the nose the white wine of Winery Terras de Amares. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Terras de Amares. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Terras de Amares

  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.83/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Terras de Amares.

  • Loureiro
  • Arinto de Bucelas

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 Terras de Amares

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Terras de Amares

How Winery Terras de Amares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Arinto de Bucelas

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Terras de Amares

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 Terras de Amares.

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 Terras de Amares and wines from the region

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Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 14 geographical denominations of the Bourgogne appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on the Bourgogne appellation! 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/comp ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Serrières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Serrières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Grenache gris

A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.

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