It’s an easy-drinking, enjoyable wine, especially for its $3 price tag. It possessed dark fruit qualities, a medium body, and light to medium tannins. This blend was layered with flavors from grape varieties Aragonez, Trincadeira, Touriga Nacional, and Syrah. Villa Alvor is another vineyard the family owns in the Algarve region on the country’s southern end. It featured grape varieties used in Port wines but was also dry, not sweet. Maria from the Douro Superior, further east than Pinhao. It was dry with red fruit and mineral notes. There was a Moscatel-Galego-Roxo from the Algarve region. It was a tantalizing blend of citrus and tropical flavors. Then we passed by whimsically designed structures, which evoked the sensation of stepping into a fairytale!įor the wine tasting, we tried the Solos de Granito, 100% Alvarinho from Vinho Verde. The variety of flowers was also abundant. We saw redwoods from California, palm and maple trees, and many others. They feature a small tree forest that, as I recall, has trees from every region in the world. The jardins (gardens) were extreme and magical. Fortunately for us, Aveleda was on the route to Porto. They inspired me to book a tour of the property and taste other brands. I saw an interactive video of Quinta de Aveleda during the Wines of Portugal online seminar, then had the opportunity to try some of the wines during a San Francisco Portugal Wine tasting event. The hidden Aveleda estate has been in the Guedes family for 5 generations. It wasn’t much of an issue, and by the time we arrived at Quinta da Aveleda, an umbrella wasn’t needed. Day 10 – Penafiel, Vinho VerdeĪs we headed west we encountered another rainy day. You’ll hear my interview with Quinta da Aveleda winemaker Fabiano. In this Exploring Portugal, Drinking Wine travel blog, we head from the Douro DOC, through the Porto region into Vinho Verde.

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