Top 100 pink wines of Castille
Discover the top 100 best pink wines of Castille as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the pink wines that are popular of Castille and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Castille
Cradle of great Castilian reds, high-altitude plateaus (450-1000 m) along the Duero. Tempranillo king (aka Tinta de Toro, Tinto Fino): powerful, concentrated, structured reds with notes of black cherry, plum, leather, tobacco and spice, firm tannins from altitude and cool nights. Stars: Ribera del Duero (Vega Sicilia, Pingus), fleshy Toro, Bierzo (floral, mineral Mencía). Lively, herbaceous Verdejo whites from Rueda.
70,000 ha, clay-limestone soils.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Castille
pink wines from the region of Castille go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of cornish pasties, traditional tagine (morocco) or country-style snow peas.
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Castille
On the nose in the region of Castille often reveals types of flavors of cherry, citrus or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, citrus fruit or red fruit.
