Winery CastelletTerrotxa Rouge
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The Terrotxa Rouge of the Winery Castellet is in the top 0 of wines of Priorat.
Details and technical informations about Winery Castellet's Terrotxa Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Avarengo
Light and fresh reds to drink young, with a clear ruby hue, smooth tannins and an airy palate, featuring signature aromas of cherry, strawberry and gentle spices. Accessible, thirst-quenching wines at low yield. Grown in the Saluzzese (province of Cuneo), often vinified as a single variety at low yield, it is attracting renewed interest among growers seeking forgotten local varieties. Autochthonous black variety from Piedmont, grown in the province of Cuneo, Italy.
Informations about the Winery Castellet
The Winery Castellet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Priorat to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Priorat
Mythical Catalan terroir, DOCa (Spain's summit alongside Rioja). Powerful, concentrated reds with signature notes of candied black fruits (blackberry, black cherry), graphite, schist, garrigue, cocoa and liquorice, firm tannins and a mineral palate strung by the "llicorella" (black schist and quartz forcing roots down to 20 m). Old vines of Garnacha (roundness) and Cariñena (Samsó, structure). Exceptional ageing.
The wine region of Catalogne
Cradle of Cava (~95% of Spanish output, traditional method): Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada trilogy, fine fruity bubble. Quality peak in Priorat DOCa: dense, mineral reds on llicorella (schist), old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena with black fruit, garrigue notes, firm tannins. Also Penedès, fleshy Montsant, sunny Empordà, Costers del Segre. Mediterranean.
The word of the wine: Soft
Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.
