The Winery Banzao of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Banzao
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Banzao is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Banzao wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Banzao

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Banzao

How Winery Banzao wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, roast wild boar with beer or english breakfast.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Banzao

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Banzao

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Mencia

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Banzao

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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.

News about Winery Banzao and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Aqueous

Said of a diluted wine for which one has the impression that water has been added.