Winery Alfredo SantamaríaTinto
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The Tinto of the Winery Alfredo Santamaría is in the top 0 of wines of Cigales.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alfredo Santamaría's Tinto.
Discover the grape variety: Antão Vaz
Full-bodied, structured whites with a pale golden robe, ample palate and moderate acidity, with signature aromas of ripe tropical fruits (mango, passion fruit), mandarin zest, stone fruits (peach, apricot) and mineral notes. Sunny Mediterranean profile, fine potential for oak ageing. Pillar of the great whites of Alentejo DOC, vinified as a single variety or blended with Roupeiro and Arinto. Indigenous Portuguese white variety from Alentejo.
Informations about the Winery Alfredo Santamaría
The Winery Alfredo Santamaría is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Cigales to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cigales
DO north of Valladolid (Castile and León), ~750 m plateau, pebble soils, continental climate. Historic kingdom of clarete rosé signature: red-white blended rosés with intense salmon hue, ripe strawberry, raspberry, red cherry, citrus and floral notes, structured fresh palate — gastronomic, far from modern pale rosés. Tempranillo (Tinta del País) in firm reds (cherry, plum, leather, spice) and supple Garnacha in full qualitative rise.
The wine region of Castille-et-Léon
Cradle of great Castilian reds on high-altitude plateaus (450-1000 m) of the Duero. Tempranillo king (Tinto Fino, Tinta de Toro): powerful, structured reds with notes of black cherry, blackberry, plum, leather and spices, firm tannins and length worthy of long ageing. Stars: Ribera del Duero (Vega Sicilia, Pingus), fleshy Toro, Bierzo (fresh mineral Mencía). Lively herbaceous Verdejo whites from Rueda, cut grass and citrus.
The word of the wine: Leaf removal
Operation that consists in removing the leaves that form a screen between the sun and the grape.
