The Winery Al Sur of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Al Sur
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Al Sur is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Al Sur wines

Looking for the best Winery Al Sur wines in Castille-et-Léon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Al Sur 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 Al Sur wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Al Sur

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Al Sur

How Winery Al Sur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, pasta with pistou or osso buco.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Al Sur

  • 2010With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Castille-et-Léon

Located in the northern half of the Central Iberian plateau, Castilla y León is the largest of Spain's 17 administrative regions, covering about one-fifth of the country's total area. It extends about 350 kilometres (220 miles) from central Spain to the northern coast. Just as wide, it connects the Rioja wine region to the Portuguese border. Red wines reign supreme in Castilla y León, and the Tempranillo grape is undoubtedly the king.

It is known here by various synonyms, including Tinta del Pais, Tinto de Toro and Tinto Fino. It is the source of all the best wines in the region, with the exception of Bierzo, which makes good use of Mencia. The other grape varieties are the French varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The white wines of Castilla y Léon are much less numerous than the reds, but hardly less prestigious.

The top white wines of Winery Al Sur

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Al Sur

How Winery Al Sur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of pan bagnat, spaghetti with squid ink (italy) or quiche without pastry.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viura

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Al Sur and wines from the region

Fine wine demand slows as recession fears mount, says Liv-ex

Rampant inflation, the global fuel crisis, recession fears and fiscal tightening from central banks have caused equities and bonds to tank over the past few months. Fine wine has significantly outperformed global equities and most commodities, but market momentum has been ‘much more subdued’ in the second quarter of 2022, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. The Liv-ex 1000 – which tracks the performance of 1,000 leading fine wines – increased by 3.6% year-on-year in ster ...

Wine groups welcome UK New Zealand trade deal

A trade deal signed by the UK and New Zealand this week promises benefits for winemakers, merchants and drinkers, according to industry bodies. Miles Beale, CEO of the UK Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), said the deal means the country’s wine lovers ‘will have greater choice’. He said it was also ‘a very good deal for the wine and spirit industry’. New Zealand Winegrowers, representing the country’s wine sector, also welcomed the free trade deal, which was signed in London yesterday ( ...

Claude Taittinger: Obituary

Claude took over Champagne Taittinger, which was founded by his father Pierre Taittinger in 1932, in 1960 following the death of his brother, François. He served first as managing director and then president of the company until 2005. During his tenure, he grew Champagne Taittinger from a niche label into a brand with international scale. Moreover, as one of the pioneers of the broader Champagne category’s international success during the 20th century, Claude has been credited with taking France ...

The word of the wine: Sorting

Action which consists in removing the bad grains, not ripe or affected by the rot. We often use vibrating sorting tables which, by shaking, make the impurities fall to the ground. In the case of sweet wines, we speak of harvesting by successive selections, in several passages, to select the very ripe grapes each time.