Winery Castillo AlonsoSelection Especial Merlot
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Taste structure of the Selection Especial Merlot from the Winery Castillo Alonso
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Selection Especial Merlot of Winery Castillo Alonso in the region of Galice is a powerful.
Food and wine pairings with Selection Especial Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Selection Especial Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Selection Especial Merlot
The Selection Especial Merlot of Winery Castillo Alonso matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, soft and inexpensive pasta gratin or atriaux en sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Castillo Alonso's Selection Especial Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Informations about the Winery Castillo Alonso
The Winery Castillo Alonso is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Galice to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Liquid
Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).
