The Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.6.
It is ranked in the top 4920 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos

How Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of american style beef marinade, pasta with neapolitan sauce and mushrooms or alsatian wine pie.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos

  • 1984With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1998With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Benito Blázquez e Hijos.

  • 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: Saint Côme

A very old variety grown in Aveyron, it has almost disappeared from the vineyard. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a natural cross between the white gouais and the moural - or morrastel -. For more information on other relatives, click here !

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The word of the wine: Cellar master

The cellar master is the technical manager of a winery (usually a professional oenologist), who presides over and oversees the wine-making process and its maturation. Unlike an oenologist in a wine laboratory, who intervenes on an ad hoc basis to assist the winemaker, the cellar master is part of the estate's technical team.