The flavor of tobacco in wine of Catalogne
Discover the of Catalogne wines revealing the of tobacco 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: Rootstock
American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.
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What are the typical grape varieties with flavor de tobacco of Catalogne?
- Cabernet-sauvignonIn 48% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- MerlotIn 24% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- TempranilloIn 8% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- Grenache noirIn 7% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- Cabernet francIn 5% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- CarignanIn 4% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- SyrahIn 4% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- GarnachaIn 4% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- Grenache blancIn 1% of wines with flavor de tobacco
- MourvèdreIn 1% of wines with flavor de tobacco