Top 100 wines of Castille - Page 6
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: Viura
Crisp, structured dry whites with a pale golden color, ample palate and preserved acidity, offering citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white flowers (acacia, orange blossom), yellow fruits (pear, peach), apple and mineral notes. Fine barrel-ageing and cellaring potential (evolving Riojan whites). Star of Rioja DOCa whites as the primary white grape; also essential in Catalan Cava DO. Spanish synonym for macabeo in Rioja.
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, lamb or veal such as recipes of provencal stew, lamb with vermicelli or bites of cheese.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Castille
On the nose in the region of Castille often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth in the region of Castille is a powerful.
