Top 100 white wines of Castille
Discover the top 100 best white wines of Castille as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white 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: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Castille
white wines from the region of Castille go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, tuna and goat cheese pie or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Castille
On the nose in the region of Castille often reveals types of flavors of quince, green apple or lime and sometimes also flavors of lychee, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of Castille is a with a nice freshness.
