The Winery Balandro of Rueda of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Balandro - Las Botas Amontillado Perpendicular
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 127 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Rueda in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Balandro is one of the best wineries to follow in Rueda.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Rueda to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Balandro wines

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

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Balandro

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Balandro

How Winery Balandro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, mature and hard cheese or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of chocolate mug cake, burgers with duck confit or twists with anchovies.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Balandro

In the mouth the natural sweet wine of Winery Balandro. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Balandro.

  • Palomino

Discovering the wine region of Rueda

The wine region of Rueda is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Belondrade or the Domaine Ordóñez produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rueda are Verdejo, Tempranillo and Albarino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rueda often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, balsamic or sage and sometimes also flavors of chalk, mint or tomatoes.

In the mouth of Rueda is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 571 estates and châteaux in the of Rueda, producing 1209 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rueda go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian.

The top red wines of Winery Balandro

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Balandro

How Winery Balandro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork shoulder with mustard, lamb kleftiko (greek) or auvergne potée.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Balandro

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Balandro. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Balandro

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Tempranillo

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.

The top white wines of Winery Balandro

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Balandro

How Winery Balandro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of catalan zarzuela, broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry or zucchini pie with warm goat cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Balandro

On the nose the white wine of Winery Balandro. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Balandro

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Verdejo

The word of the wine: Stripped

Said of a wine that is generally too old and has lost its colour, volume and power.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Balandro

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Balandro and wines from the region

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 ...

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

According to lifestyle and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin, you ‘bring your own weather to a picnic’. Ms Rubin, I’d suggest, has never shivered under a tree watching raindrops turn her fish-paste sandwich to mush because the weather forecast was wrong. There are, it’s safe to say, picnics and Picnics. It’s a term that takes in everything from a rubber baguette in a French ‘Aire’ off the Autoroute du Soleil to a four-course spread while listening to opera at Glyndebourne. What’s definitely true is ...

The word of the wine: Stripped

Said of a wine that is generally too old and has lost its colour, volume and power.