The Bodega Rochal of Sierra de Salamanca of Castille-et-Léon

Bodega Rochal - Calixto Bolosea Rufete
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 19 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Sierra de Salamanca in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Bodega Rochal is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Sierra de Salamanca to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Bodega Rochal wines

Looking for the best Bodega Rochal wines in Sierra de Salamanca among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Bodega Rochal 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 Bodega Rochal wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Bodega Rochal

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Bodega Rochal

How Bodega Rochal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, pasta with chicken and curry or veal shank with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Bodega Rochal

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Bodega Rochal

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.12/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Bodega Rochal.

  • Rufete
  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Sierra de Salamanca

The wine region of Sierra de Salamanca is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cámbrico or the Domaine Cámbrico produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sierra de Salamanca are Tempranillo et Verdejo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sierra de Salamanca often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, earth or red fruit.

In the mouth of Sierra de Salamanca is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 13 estates and châteaux in the of Sierra de Salamanca, producing 40 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sierra de Salamanca go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Bodega Rochal

Planning a wine route in the of Sierra de Salamanca? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Bodega Rochal.

Discover the grape variety: Soreli

Interspecific cross between sauvignonasse and kozma 20-3 obtained in 2002 at the University and Institute of Applied Genetics of Udine (Italy), which is also the case for fleurtai. Two genes for resistance to mildew could be identified, no gene for powdery mildew.

News about Bodega Rochal and wines from the region

Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute

The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

Governments, companies and consumers boycott Russian-made products

Leading UK wine and spirits supplier Enotria&Coe said it was no longer ‘actively sourcing’ Russian products, and was planning to donate all profits from sales of current Russian stock to support victims of the war. In an email to customers, managing directors Ants Rixon and Sam Thackeray provided information about a number of Russian vodka brands stocked by the company. These include Stolichnaya – made in Latvia and owned by Russian billionaire and Putin critic Yuri Shefler – and Russian Sta ...

Australian wine exports fall as China tariffs bite  

Australian wine exports dropped by 19% to A$2.08bn in the year to 30 June, said trade body Wine Australia this week. While exports to some countries rose, notably the US, the group’s report for the 2021-22 financial year offered fresh insight into a slide in shipments to China. Mainland China imposed varying import tariffs ranging from 116% to more than 200% on Australian bottled wines from late 2020 onwards. Exports to China, including Hong Kong and Macau, dropped by 74% in the 12 months to 30 ...

The word of the wine: Mistelle

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.