The flavor of spices in wine of Catalogne
Discover the of Catalogne wines revealing the of spices flavor during the olphactive analysis (nose) and during the gustative analysis (mouth).
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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.
The word of the wine: Grenache gris
A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.
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What are the typical grape varieties with flavor de spices of Catalogne?
- Cabernet-sauvignonIn 36% of wines with flavor de spices
- MerlotIn 17% of wines with flavor de spices
- TempranilloIn 5% of wines with flavor de spices
- Grenache noirIn 5% of wines with flavor de spices
- SyrahIn 3% of wines with flavor de spices
- XarelloIn 3% of wines with flavor de spices
- GarnachaIn 3% of wines with flavor de spices
- CarignanIn 2% of wines with flavor de spices
- CariñenaIn 2% of wines with flavor de spices
- Cabernet francIn 2% of wines with flavor de spices