The Winery Viña Amarante of Galice

Winery Viña Amarante - Merlot
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 1806 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Galice

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

Top Winery Viña Amarante wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Viña Amarante

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Viña Amarante

How Winery Viña Amarante wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, doner kebab or adapted vietnamese fondue.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Viña Amarante

  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Viña Amarante.

  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Galice

Galicia is one of the 17 first-level administrative regions (called comunidades autónomas) of Spain. It occupies the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, and is exposed on two sides to the Atlantic Ocean. To the South is Portugal, to the east Castilla y Leon. Viticulture has a Long tradition in Galicia, introduced to the region by the ancient Romans and continued by monks throughout the Middle Ages.

Today, Galicia is best known for its Rias Baixas wines - crisp, Aromatic whites made mainly from Albarino. Galician wines bear striking similarities to those of Minho (notably Vinho Verde), just across the border in Portugal. Shaped by the waves and winds of the Atlantic, the Galician coastline is spectacular; steep cliffs alternate with coastal coves called rías. The interior of the region is characterized by Green hills that rise gently eastward toward the Cantabrian Mountains, reaching heights of 2,000 metres (6,600 feet).

The top white wines of Winery Viña Amarante

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Viña Amarante

How Winery Viña Amarante wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of panga curry, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or puff pastry quiche with goat cheese and potatoes.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Viña Amarante

  • 2014With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Viña Amarante.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Viña Amarante

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Viña Amarante and wines from the region

The Saint-Véran appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Saint-Véran appellation.The exercice is particularly complex as there are so many variables that make up the terroir throughout its geographical area. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux so ...

Gigondas to produce white wines

At a national committee meeting held on Thursday 8th September, members of the Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) voted unanimously to ratify the change to the appellation guidelines to allow white wines into AP Gigondas. A working group of growers and négociants has been pursuing the amendment for 11 years. The amendment states that white Gigondas must contain a minimum 70% Clairette. Other permitted varieties include Bourboulenc, Clairette Rose, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blan ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.