The Winery Xadrez is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Xadrez wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Xadrez 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 Xadrez wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Xadrez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of chinese fried shrimp ravioli, rice with sausage meat and tomatoes or fried squid.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Xadrez. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Xadrez. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Winery Xadrez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or roast veal orloff with mushrooms.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Xadrez. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Xadrez. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
How Winery Xadrez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.
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Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
