The Winery Aníbal de Otero of Bierzo of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Aníbal de Otero - Mencía
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 107 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Bierzo in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Aníbal de Otero is one of the best wineries to follow in Bierzo.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Bierzo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Aníbal de Otero wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Aníbal de Otero

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Aníbal de Otero

How Winery Aníbal de Otero wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of alsatian wine pie, duck with vanilla (reunion island) or english breakfast.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Aníbal de Otero

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Aníbal de Otero

  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Aníbal de Otero.

  • Mencia

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Dauphine

A natural intraspecific cross between the ohanès and the Beirut date tree - also called afuz ali - obtained in South Africa and multiplied since 1983 by the Institute of Viticultural and Enological Research of Stellenbosch. Almost unknown in the rest of the wine world, it can however be found in Portugal, ... .

News about Winery Aníbal de Otero and wines from the region

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 ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Reasoned (agriculture)

Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.