The Winery Alto Castillo of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Alto Castillo - Tempranillo
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Alto Castillo 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 Alto Castillo wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Alto Castillo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alto Castillo

How Winery Alto Castillo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of tanjia, pumpkin parmentier hash or delicious veal stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alto Castillo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alto Castillo. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alto Castillo. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alto Castillo

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • 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 Alto Castillo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alto Castillo

How Winery Alto Castillo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, barbecued lobster or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alto Castillo

  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • 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 Alto Castillo

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 Alto Castillo.

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.

News about Winery Alto Castillo and wines from the region

A perfect storm: Nutri-Score, alcohol and health

The situation has been developing for a long time. But the potentially explosive elements are growing in intensity and coming together as if by some invisible magnetic force. In 2011, Regulation No. 1169 (which amended earlier regulations going back to 2006) was adopted in European Parliament calling for a system to provide food nutrition information to consumers. Shortly thereafter, the French Ministry of Health instructed Santé Publique France, the national public health agency, to create a co ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

New Oregon wine appellation ‘Mount Pisgah’ is created

Oregon has got a 23rd AVA after ‘Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon’ was created this month following approval from the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Lying around 15 miles west of Salem, the new appellation zone sits within the broader Willamette Valley AVA. Its lengthy official name was created to prevent confusion with another Mount Pisgah, in Lane County. Morgen McLaughlin, executive director of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association, said it was an exciting development: ‘Th ...

The word of the wine: Short

Said of a wine that leaves little trace in the mouth after tasting (also called "short in the mouth").