The Winery Castel Pietraio of Toscane

Winery Castel Pietraio
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Toscane.
It is located in Toscane

The Winery Castel Pietraio is one of the best wineries to follow in Toscane.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Toscane to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castel Pietraio wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Castel Pietraio

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castel Pietraio

How Winery Castel Pietraio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of tibs (ethiopia), saddle of lamb with herbs or sauté of veal with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Castel Pietraio

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castel Pietraio

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Sangiovese

Discovering the wine region of Toscane

Tuscany is one of the most famous and prolific wine regions in Europe. It is best known for its Dry red wines made from Sangiovese grapes, which dominate production. These include Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The region's Vin Santo is also highly prized, as are its passito dessert wines, though these are produced in comparatively tiny quantities.

Dry whites are probably less familiar to most consumers - except perhaps Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Located in Central Italy, Tuscany borders Liguria and Emilia-Romagna to the North, Umbria and Marche to the east and Lazio to the South. Its western border is formed by the Tyrrhenian Sea. The picturesque rolling hills, medieval villages and cypress-lined avenues attract tourists and help promote the wines.

The top white wines of Winery Castel Pietraio

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castel Pietraio

How Winery Castel Pietraio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fish with tamarind, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or pan con tomate.

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

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Castel Pietraio

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Castel Pietraio and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: VDN

Natural sweet wine. Wine obtained by mutage of the must during fermentation by adding over-finished alcohol at 96 °, produced in the vineyards of Roussillon, Languedoc, Rhone Valley and Corsica.