Top 100 wines of Andalousie
Discover the top 100 best wines of Andalousie as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Andalousie and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Dry, sun-baked southern Spain, world cradle of fortified and oxidative wines. Sherry from Jerez is the signature: Palomino Fino under a veil of flor yields lively, saline Fino with signature notes of almond, yeast, green apple and a sharp iodine edge; more maritime Manzanilla (Sanlúcar); unveiled Oloroso in grand oxidation (walnut, caramel, tobacco). Pedro Ximénez from Montilla-Moriles: intense dark sweet (fig, raisin, coffee, molasses). Also muscat Málaga.
Cult aperitifs and desserts.
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
wines from the region of Andalousie go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, blue cheese or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of king's cake with frangipane, leek and roquefort tart or pasta with a fruity three-cheese sauce.
On the nose in the region of Andalousie often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or smoke and sometimes also flavors of minerality, vanilla or coffee. In the mouth in the region of Andalousie is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.