The wine region of Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas is located in the region of Aragon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edra or the Domaine Edra produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas are Merlot, Tempranillo and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oak or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or red fruit.
In the mouth of Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 9 estates and châteaux in the of Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas, producing 28 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
The 11 producers within the group saw total sales reach 2.3 million bottles for 2021 which erased the general 23% contraction in sales during 2020 and surpassed 2019’s 2.2 million bottles sold. What’s more, the per bottle price rose 2% from 2020 to an average of 17.35€. This is an important distinction in a country where sparkling wines are regularly found in supermarkets for 2€ a bottle or even less. The Corpinnat producers admit that this rise in price will unfortunately be offset ...
Bodegas Vizar is located in the municipality of Villabáñez, to the east of Valladolid is Spain’s Castile and León region, bordering the Ribera del Duero DO. Vizar’s application to obtain the Dehesa Peñalba vino de pago DO was first put forward to, and approved by the Agrarian and Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL), in 2019. The proposal was then submitted to the European Commission, which granted the final green light earlier this month. ‘We started the process in 2015 and ...
Of all the columns I’ve written this year, this one should have been the easiest to write: open my tasting notes file, sort by year 2021, sort by score, select the top ten highest scoring wines, copy and paste. Go to the pub. But it’s not that simple. Some wines are technically perfect and undeniably excellent, wines I respect greatly that deserve their high scores – but on a personal level, they leave me a little cold. Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for Matt Walls’ top ...
