The Winery Viña Alcanta of Catalogne

Winery Viña Alcanta - Tinto
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
This estate is part of the Bocopa.
It is ranked in the top 2930 of the estates of Catalogne.
It is located in Catalogne

The Winery Viña Alcanta is one of the best wineries to follow in Catalogne.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Catalogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Viña Alcanta wines

Looking for the best Winery Viña Alcanta wines in Catalogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Viña Alcanta 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 Viña Alcanta wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Viña Alcanta

How Winery Viña Alcanta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, chinese chicken soup or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

On the nose the red wine of Winery Viña Alcanta. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, pepper or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Viña Alcanta. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.22/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.08/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Monastrell
  • Merlot
  • Tempranillo
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Catalogne

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 top white wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Viña Alcanta

How Winery Viña Alcanta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese), magic marinade (for shrimps, scallops, fish...) or quiche lorraine.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

  • 2015With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.21/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.13/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Macabeo
  • Merseguera
  • Verdejo
  • Muscatel

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

The top sweet wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Viña Alcanta

How Winery Viña Alcanta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, tuscan linguine or roast lamb with thyme.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

  • 2015With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Viña Alcanta.

  • Monastrell
  • Muscatel

The word of the wine: Lemonade maker

Corkscrew of the wine waiter equipped with a small blade allowing to cut the capsule, a worm and a system of rack allowing to extract the cork easily.

The top pink wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Viña Alcanta

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Viña Alcanta

  • 2017With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Viña Alcanta.

  • Monastrell

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Viña Alcanta

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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The word of the wine: Lemonade maker

Corkscrew of the wine waiter equipped with a small blade allowing to cut the capsule, a worm and a system of rack allowing to extract the cork easily.