Top 100 wines of Castille - Page 2
Discover the top 100 best wines of Castille as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the 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: Macabeo
Structured, aromatic dry whites with an ample palate and moderate acidity, showing aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white flowers (acacia), pear, green apple, light honey and fresh almond notes. Fine ageing potential. Essential component of Cava DO sparkling (with xarel·lo and parellada), pillar of Rioja DOCa whites (as viura) and Roussillon AOC whites. Autochthonous Aragonese variety, aromatic signature of the great Iberian whites.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Castille
wines from the region of Castille go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, pasta with cherry tomatoes or pork tenderloin with onions.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Castille
On the nose in the region of Castille often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, vanilla or plum. In the mouth in the region of Castille is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
