The Winery Castillo Alonso of Galice

Winery Castillo Alonso - Chardonnay
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Compañía Europea Exportadora de Vinos.
It is ranked in the top 1321 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Galice

The Winery Castillo Alonso is one of the best wineries to follow in Galice.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Galice to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castillo Alonso wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Castillo Alonso

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castillo Alonso

How Winery Castillo Alonso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, sushi cake or ham and comté quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Castillo Alonso

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The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Castillo Alonso

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Castillo Alonso.

  • Chardonnay
  • Verdejo

Discovering the wine region of Galice

Galicia is one of the 17 first-level administrative regions (called comunidades autónomas) of Spain. It occupies the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, and is exposed on two sides to the Atlantic Ocean. To the South is Portugal, to the east Castilla y Leon. Viticulture has a Long tradition in Galicia, introduced to the region by the ancient Romans and continued by monks throughout the Middle Ages.

Today, Galicia is best known for its Rias Baixas wines - crisp, Aromatic whites made mainly from Albarino. Galician wines bear striking similarities to those of Minho (notably Vinho Verde), just across the border in Portugal. Shaped by the waves and winds of the Atlantic, the Galician coastline is spectacular; steep cliffs alternate with coastal coves called rías. The interior of the region is characterized by Green hills that rise gently eastward toward the Cantabrian Mountains, reaching heights of 2,000 metres (6,600 feet).

The top red wines of Winery Castillo Alonso

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castillo Alonso

How Winery Castillo Alonso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, tunisian pasta or lamb chops with lemon and herbs.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castillo Alonso

  • 2015With an average score of 3.42/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Castillo Alonso.

  • Merlot
  • Garnacha
  • Grenache
  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Castillo Alonso

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

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 Castillo Alonso and wines from the region

The Saint-Véran appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Saint-Véran appellation.The exercice is particularly complex as there are so many variables that make up the terroir throughout its geographical area. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux so ...

Penfolds to release second rare wine NFT

Penfolds has announced it is to launch its second rare wine NFT with direct-to-consumer wines and spirits NFT platform BlockBar. The second rare release will comprise limited edition NFTs tied to 300 bottles of Penfolds Magill Cellar 3 Cabernet Shiraz from the 2018 vintage. Crafted under the watchful eye of chief winemaker Peter Gago, recipient of the Decanter Hall of Fame award last year, the wines will not be available from retail, nor Penfolds Cellar Doors. The release coincides with BlockBar ...

World wine production to fall in 2021 as extreme weather hits Europe

World wine production in 2021 is set to fall by 4% versus last year, to around 250 million hectolitres (mhl), equal to 25bn litres and close to the historic low witnessed in 2017, the International Organisation for Vine & Wine (OIV) has estimated. Its figures are preliminary, but they highlight the ‘severe impact’ of ‘adverse climatic conditions’ on the 2021 vintage in parts of Europe, said OIV director-general Paul Roca during a virtual press conference. Europe’s big ...

The word of the wine: Foxé

An animal odor found in certain reduced or old wines, which are also said to fox, in reference to the fox.