Top 100 wines of Penedès
Discover the top 100 best wines of Penedès of Penedès as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Penedès and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Penedès
Historic cradle of Cava (95% of Spanish output, centred on Sant Sadurní d'Anoia): traditional-method sparklers, convivial and brioche-like. Indigenous trilogy: signature Xarel-lo (body, herbaceous and almondy notes), Macabeo (apple, freshness), Parellada (floral elegance). Still wines ~80% white from the same grapes, straight and accessible. Also sunny Garnacha, Cabernet and Pinot Noir.
15,200 ha, Mediterranean climate. Renowned Catalan aperitif.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Penedès
wines from the region of Penedès go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, pasta gratin milanese style or veal chop with mushrooms.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Penedès
On the nose in the region of Penedès often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, strawberries or leather. In the mouth in the region of Penedès is a powerful with a nice freshness.
