Top 100 red wines of Catalogne

Discover the top 100 best red wines of Catalogne as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Catalogne and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Catalogne

Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.

O. C. was the first regional D. O.

C. in Spain. Created in 1999, it covers all the scattered vineyards that were not covered by one of the other 11 DOs in the region. The capital of Catalonia is the bustling Barcelona, Spain's second largest city and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean.

Discover the grape variety: Cariñena

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Catalogne

red wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, berber giblet frying pan or stuffed cabbage leaves.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Catalogne

On the nose in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth in the region of Catalogne is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.