Top 100 wines of Castille - Page 7
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: Verdejo
Lively, aromatic whites with sharp acidity and a sleek palate, with intense aromas of grapefruit, lime, fresh herbs, fennel, green almond and saline notes. Typically slightly bitter finish. Absolute star of Rueda DO in Castile-León, now widely exported. Also made as lees-aged and oak-influenced structured cuvées. Native Spanish variety, an ancient Castilian grape.
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 improved horse steak, thomas's shoulder of lamb or veal cutlets with savoy tomme.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Castille
On the nose in the region of Castille often reveals types of flavors of black currant, non oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, cherry or oaky. In the mouth in the region of Castille is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
