The Winery Abad of Bierzo of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Abad - Dom Bueno Mencia Laderas del Norte
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 33 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Bierzo in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Abad is one of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Bierzo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Abad wines

Looking for the best Winery Abad wines in Bierzo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Abad wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Abad wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Abad

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Abad

How Winery Abad wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of blanquette of veal in the old way (self-cooker), rabbit with cider and apples or blue cord.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Abad

On the nose the red wine of Winery Abad. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, microbio or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Abad. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Abad

  • 2005With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Abad.

  • Mencia

Discovering the wine region of Bierzo

The wine region of Bierzo is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Descendientes de J. Palacios or the Domaine Descendientes de J. Palacios produce mainly wines red, white and pink.

The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bierzo are Mencia, Tempranillo and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bierzo often reveals types of flavors of cream, fennel or nutty and sometimes also flavors of honey, hazelnut or savory. In the mouth of Bierzo is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 164 estates and châteaux in the of Bierzo, producing 609 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Bierzo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Abad

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Abad

How Winery Abad wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Abad

On the nose the white wine of Winery Abad. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oaky or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Abad

  • 2017With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Abad.

  • Godello

Discover the grape variety: Foch

Interspecific crossing between 101-14 Millardet and Grasset (vitis riparia X vitis rupestris) and the goldriesling obtained by Eugène Kühlmann around 1911. With these same parents, he obtained among others the Léon Millot. Maréchal Foch is still found in Canada (Quebec) where it is the first black grape variety, in the north-east of the United States, etc. In France, it is hardly present in the vineyard any more, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties list A.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Abad

Planning a wine route in the of Bierzo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Abad.

Discover the grape variety: Mencia

Spanish, more precisely from the Duero Valley where it is still very present. According to some ampelographers, it is close to Cabernet Franc.

News about Winery Abad and wines from the region

Abadía Retuerta, Spain’s newest Vino de Pago

For those unfamiliar with the Vino de Pago qualification, it was created in Spain in 2003 to certify singular estates (pagos) as Protected Denominations of Origin. While not a requisite, it’s generally implemented by individual wineries looking to gain protected status for a single vineyard site within their domain. This is the case for Abadía Retuerta which is an estate of 700ha, of which 180ha is planted to vine. While located within the Duero Valley, the site resides within the borders of Sar ...

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Sarah Jane Evans MW: My top 10 Spanish fine wines of 2021

In a year when travel was almost impossible, wine has been a fine companion. In terms of varieties I have been drinking a vinous A to Z: everything from Albillo (Cebreros) to Zibibbo (Pantelleria, Italy). Specifically I have been enjoying Cariñena from Priorat and Rioja, plus Garnachas – white, red and hairy – from Terra Alta, Rioja and Gredos, as well as Greek Xinomavro from Naoussa and Xarel.lo from Catalunya. Scroll down for Sarah Jane Evans MW’s top 10 wines of 2021 Not forgetting Menc ...

The word of the wine: Clear

Said of a wine that is clear and brilliant in colour and contains no suspended matter.