The Winery The Fifth Empire of Vinho Verde of Minho

Winery The Fifth Empire - Abstracto Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Minho.
It is located in Vinho Verde in the region of Minho

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

Top Winery The Fifth Empire wines

Looking for the best Winery The Fifth Empire wines in Vinho Verde among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery The Fifth Empire 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 The Fifth Empire wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery The Fifth Empire

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The Fifth Empire

How Winery The Fifth Empire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef stew express, lamb chops with lemon and herbs or chicken and onion quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The Fifth Empire

On the nose the red wine of Winery The Fifth Empire. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery The Fifth Empire. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The Fifth Empire

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery The Fifth Empire.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz

Discovering the wine region of Vinho Verde

The wine region of Vinho Verde is located in the region of Minho of Portugal. We currently count 535 estates and châteaux in the of Vinho Verde, producing 1615 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Vinho Verde go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery The Fifth Empire

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The Fifth Empire

How Winery The Fifth Empire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of panga curry, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or baked chestnuts.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The Fifth Empire

On the nose the white wine of Winery The Fifth Empire. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery The Fifth Empire. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The Fifth Empire

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Loureiro
  • Alvarinho

Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho

The white Alvarinho is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. The white Alvarinho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery The Fifth Empire and wines from the region

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

All About Decanter’s New Wine Club

The Decanter Wine Club has been launched in order to bring our best-scoring wines to wine lovers in the US. There are two offerings available – Everyday Excellence and Rare Luxuries – each providing subscribers with an opportunity to discover the wines that have wowed our experts. It’s a way for subscribers to sample our most sought after and hard to buy wines from our latest panel tastings, before they sell out. No two boxes are the same and given the exclusivity and rarity of these wines ...

The word of the wine: Pigeage

Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.

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