Top 100 wines of Castille - Page 5
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: Malbec
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Castille
wines from the region of Castille go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of hawaiian poke bowl, koskera hake (basque country) or zucchini quiche.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Castille
On the nose in the region of Castille often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of coffee, black cherries or raspberry. In the mouth in the region of Castille is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
