The wine region of La Mancha is located in the region of Castille of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cinco Estrellas or the Domaine Munoz produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of La Mancha are Tempranillo, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of La Mancha often reveals types of flavors of cherry, mint or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of sweet tobacco, graphite or grass.
In the mouth of La Mancha is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 679 estates and châteaux in the of La Mancha, producing 2250 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of La Mancha go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.
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.
wines from the region of La Mancha go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, beef or pasta such as recipes of king's cake with frangipane, pasta bolognese or pad thai.
On the nose in the region of La Mancha often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of green apple, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of La Mancha is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...
The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...
Château La Tour Carnet said it will expose an experimental vineyard to artificially higher temperatures to replicate some of the conditions the Bordeaux 2050 vintage may face due to climate change. It’s part of the ‘Oracle’ project at the fourth growth estate, which is among those in Bordeaux seeking to understand how well classic grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot can adapt to climate change. At La Tour Carnet, warming cables more commonly used in aeroplanes will be employed thi ...
