Wines made from Albarino grapes of Costers del Segre
Discover the best wines made with Albarino as a single variety or as a blend of Costers del Segre.
More informations about the variety Albarino
It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
More informations about the region of Catalogne
The wine region of Costers del Segre is located in the region of Catalogne of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cérvoles or the Domaine Tomàs Cusiné produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costers del Segre are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costers del Segre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, fig or tropical and sometimes also flavors of cream, dried fruit or black fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Albarino grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 8% of Albarino
- OakPresent in 7% of Albarino
- Citrus fruitPresent in 7% of Albarino
- Tropical fruitPresent in 6% of Albarino
- FloralPresent in 6% of Albarino
- SpicesPresent in 6% of Albarino
- VegetalPresent in 6% of Albarino
- MicrobioPresent in 6% of Albarino
- EarthPresent in 6% of Albarino
- Non oakPresent in 6% of Albarino
- MelonPresent in 3% of Albarino
- NectarinePresent in 3% of Albarino
- GrapefruitPresent in 3% of Albarino
- PineapplePresent in 3% of Albarino
- CitrusPresent in 3% of Albarino
- ApplesPresent in 3% of Albarino
- StonePresent in 3% of Albarino
- PearPresent in 3% of Albarino
- LemonPresent in 3% of Albarino
- MineralityPresent in 3% of Albarino
News about the grape variety Albarino
Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium
The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...
Argentina confirms Balcarce as Buenos Aires’ fourth GI
Approved by the INV viticultural institute on 1 July, Balcarce is the fourth GI to be named in the province of Buenos Aires. The province was largely abandoned as a winemaking region in the 1930s following a law permitting wine to be made only in the Andean Cuyo region, but is is slowly making a name for itself once again with cool climate vintages. Encompassing coast, prairie and the Tandilia mountains, Balcarce is located 37 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and has until recently been known for p ...
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