The Winery Viña Altamar of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Viña Altamar - Barrel Select Mencia
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Hammeken Cellars.
It is ranked in the top 1860 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Viña Altamar is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Viña Altamar wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Viña Altamar

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

How Winery Viña Altamar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of aiguillette of duck with honey, duck legs with confit potatoes or ham and cheese cake.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Viña Altamar

On the nose the red wine of Winery Viña Altamar. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Viña Altamar. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Viña Altamar

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.33/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Mencia

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 Viña Altamar

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

How Winery Viña Altamar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of rougail sausage, cuttlefish in sauce or quiche lorraine.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Viña Altamar

  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Verdejo

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 Altamar

Planning a wine route in the of Castille-et-Léon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Viña Altamar.

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.

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The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.