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.
Cradle of Cava (~95% of Spanish output, traditional method): Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada trilogy, fine fruity bubble. Quality peak in Priorat DOCa: dense, mineral reds on llicorella (schist), old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena with black fruit, garrigue notes, firm tannins. Also Penedès, fleshy Montsant, sunny Empordà, Costers del Segre. Mediterranean.
70,000 ha, 12 appellations. From Cava to great age-worthy crus.
Deeply coloured, structured reds with a dense purple robe, smooth tannins and a round palate, with aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, garrigue, spice and balsamic notes. Good short-to-medium ageing. Vinified in blends and as single varietal in IGP Pays d'Oc and Méditerranée (Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence), also adopted in Morocco, Tunisia, Israel and Spain. A Grenache × Malbec cross created in 1958 by Paul Truel in Montpellier (INRA).
red wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, leg of lamb with crust or stuffed potatoes.
On the nose in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, minerality or red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Catalogne is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
