The Winery Alvarez de Toledo of Bierzo of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Alvarez de Toledo - Godello
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 46 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Bierzo in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Alvarez de Toledo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Bierzo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alvarez de Toledo wines

Looking for the best Winery Alvarez de Toledo wines in Bierzo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alvarez de Toledo 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 Alvarez de Toledo wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

How Winery Alvarez de Toledo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alvarez de Toledo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo.

  • Godello

Discovering the wine region of Bierzo

The wine region of Bierzo is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Descendientes de J. Palacios or the Domaine Descendientes de J. Palacios produce mainly wines red, white and pink.

The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bierzo are Mencia, Tempranillo and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bierzo often reveals types of flavors of cream, fennel or nutty and sometimes also flavors of honey, hazelnut or savory. In the mouth of Bierzo is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 164 estates and châteaux in the of Bierzo, producing 609 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Bierzo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top red wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

How Winery Alvarez de Toledo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of moroccan style veal brochette, duck breast in foil (barbecue) or chicken in red wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo

  • 2004With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alvarez de Toledo.

  • Mencia
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alvarez de Toledo

Planning a wine route in the of Bierzo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alvarez de Toledo.

Discover the grape variety: Rousseli

Most certainly Provençal and more particularly, as its name indicates, from the Var department. It is in the process of disappearing because it is practically no longer multiplied in nurseries, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It is probably a descendant of the white gouais and the black ouliven, to be continued! Rousseli is practically unknown in other wine-producing countries, in France it was used both as a table grape and as a wine grape.

News about Winery Alvarez de Toledo and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

DO Penedès: new rules and aiming for Spanish wine’s top-tier

On 16 November 2021, the Denomination of Origin Penedès in Catalunya (DO Penedès) announced an extensive roadmap up to 2030, taking into account sustainability and establishing the region as a high-quality wine producer in Spain. Most immediately, all grapes for DO Penedès wines must be from fully-certified organic vineyards by 2025. While it’s an aggressive timeline, DO Penedès president Joan Huguet told Decanter, ‘Currently around 60% of the vineyards are already certified and our ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘Veteran wine books are by modern standards short on facts’

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The word of the wine: Roast

Specific character given by noble rot to sweet wines, which results in a candied taste and aroma.