Top 100 wines of Catalogne - Page 8
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: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
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, pasta or lamb such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, pasta with crispy parma ham or ramadan berber soup (harira).
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Catalogne
On the nose in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth in the region of Catalogne is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Catalogne
The best wines of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines natural sweet of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines pink of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines red of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines sparkling of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines sweet of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines unknow of Catalogne in other styles
- The best wines white of Catalogne in other styles