The Winery Vale dos Ares of Monção e Melgaço of Minho

Winery Vale dos Ares - Alvarinho
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Monção e Melgaço in the region of Minho

The Winery Vale dos Ares is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Monção e Melgaço to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vale dos Ares wines

Looking for the best Winery Vale dos Ares wines in Monção e Melgaço among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vale dos Ares 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 Vale dos Ares wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Vale dos Ares

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vale dos Ares

How Winery Vale dos Ares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of rice with seafood, small croissants with smoked salmon (toast) or asian style fish papillote (very healthy).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vale dos Ares

On the nose the white wine of Winery Vale dos Ares. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vale dos Ares. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vale dos Ares

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Vale dos Ares.

  • Alvarinho

Discovering the wine region of Monção e Melgaço

The wine region of Monção e Melgaço is located in the region of Vinho Verde of Minho of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anselmo Mendes or the Domaine Quinta da Pedra produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monção e Melgaço are Alvarinho, Loureiro and Albarino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monção e Melgaço often reveals types of flavors of green apple, yeast or slate and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, yellow plum or acacia.

In the mouth of Monção e Melgaço is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 49 estates and châteaux in the of Monção e Melgaço, producing 158 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Monção e Melgaço go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.

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Planning a wine route in the of Monção e Melgaço? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Vale dos Ares.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Vale dos Ares 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 ...

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

The word of the wine: Basic wine

Dry, still wine intended for the production of sparkling wines (champagne, crémants, etc.). The basic wines undergo a second fermentation in the bottle for the production of carbon dioxide, and therefore of bubbles.