The Winery Castell d'Encus of Catalogne

Winery Castell d'Encus
The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 151 of the estates of Catalogne.
It is located in Catalogne

The Winery Castell d'Encus is one of the best wineries to follow in Catalogne.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Catalogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castell d'Encus wines

Looking for the best Winery Castell d'Encus wines in Catalogne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Castell d'Encus 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 Castell d'Encus wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castell d'Encus

How Winery Castell d'Encus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of sauté of pork with cider, brandade of cod from nimes or scallop mousse.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

On the nose the white wine of Winery Castell d'Encus. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or green apple. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Castell d'Encus. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.04/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Castell d'Encus.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Albariño
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Catalogne

Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.

O. C. was the first regional D. O.

C. in Spain. Created in 1999, it covers all the scattered vineyards that were not covered by one of the other 11 DOs in the region. The capital of Catalonia is the bustling Barcelona, Spain's second largest city and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean.

The top sweet wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Castell d'Encus

How Winery Castell d'Encus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed pumpkin, baked mackerel or tuscan linguine.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Castell d'Encus. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, melon or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

  • 2015With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Castell d'Encus.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top red wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castell d'Encus

How Winery Castell d'Encus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, pasta with chicken, peppers and mushrooms or veal chop with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

On the nose the red wine of Winery Castell d'Encus. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Castell d'Encus. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

  • 2011With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.07/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Castell d'Encus.

  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Castell d'Encus

How Winery Castell d'Encus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pasta bolognese, duck leg confit in cider or savoyard fondue.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Castell d'Encus. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Castell d'Encus

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Castell d'Encus.

  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Castell d'Encus

Planning a wine route in the of Catalogne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Castell d'Encus.

Discover the grape variety: Albarino

It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.