The Winery Altogrande of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Altogrande
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 238 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Altogrande is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Altogrande wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Altogrande

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Altogrande

How Winery Altogrande wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, chiche kebab in armenian or cassoulet of the sea.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Altogrande

On the nose the red wine of Winery Altogrande. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, non oak or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Altogrande. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Altogrande

  • 2015With an average score of 4.34/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.06/5

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

  • 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.

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Discover the grape variety: Serna

Intraspecific cross between moscatel rosado and (cardinal x sultanine) obtained in San Rafael, Argentina at the Inta station by Angelo Gargiulo and registered in 2010 in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A. It can be found in Italy and Spain, but is rarely grown in France.

News about Winery Altogrande and wines from the region

Second Barolo en primeur auction raises more than $769,000

Held in Piedmont on 28 October and also live-streamed in New York, the Barolo 2022 en primeur charity auction saw sales of $769,800. That is up by around $170,000 on last year’s inaugural event, said organisers Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo and Fondazione CRC Donare ETS, working in partnership with the Consorzio di tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani. Final sales were likely to top $800,000, with one final lot to be offered at the international Alba white truffle aucti ...

First grapes picked in Napa Valley 2022 harvest

The Napa Valley 2022 harvest got underway in early August for some sparkling and white wine styles. ‘We had our earliest harvest ever, and started picking Sauvignon Blanc on Monday 1 August,’ said Stephanie Honig, of Honig Vineyard and Winery. ‘The fruit came from our grower partner Gordon Family Ranch, which is located in the southeast area of the Napa Valley appellation,’ said Honig, who is export director at the family-owned winery. Harvest typically begins with older ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: October 2022

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The word of the wine: Physiological maturity

The stage of ripeness of the grape berry when it has reached an optimal weight and when the sugar and acidity levels have stabilized.