Top 100 wines of Catalogne - Page 5

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

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.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Catalogne

wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, lamb stew or stuffed eggplant (with vegetables or mixed).

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Catalogne

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