Top 100 wines of Catalogne - Page 3

Discover the top 100 best wines of Catalogne as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the 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: Garnacha Blanca

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Catalogne

wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of mussels carbonara, ham and comté quiche or zucchini stuffed with quinoa.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Catalogne

On the nose in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of cream, caramel or green apple and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, watermelon or orange peel. In the mouth in the region of Catalogne is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.