The Winery Castillo de Mendoza of Rioja

Winery Castillo de Mendoza - Noralba Blanco
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 126 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Castillo de Mendoza is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castillo de Mendoza wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

How Winery Castillo de Mendoza wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of three ways to prepare chinese noodles, fried onions or baked fish moroccan style.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

On the nose the white wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, non oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Verdejo

Discovering the wine region of Rioja

Rioja, in northern Spain, is best known for its berry-flavored, barrel-aged red wines made from Tempranillo and Garnacha. It is probably the leading wine region in Spain. It is certainly the most famous, rivaling only Jerez. The Vineyards follow the course of the Ebro for a hundred kilometres between the towns of Haro and Alfaro.

Besides Tempranillo and Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo (Carignan) are also used in Rioja's red wines. Some wineries, notably Marqués de Riscal, use small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon. White grapes are planted much less. In 2017, the vineyard area was recorded at 64,215 hectares (158,679 acres).

The top red wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

How Winery Castillo de Mendoza wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), imene's tunisian ojja or veal roast, country style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

On the nose the red wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, cherry or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, fig or cassis. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

  • 1994With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.04/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Garnacha
  • Graciano

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

The top pink wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Castillo de Mendoza

How Winery Castillo de Mendoza wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Castillo de Mendoza.

  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Sirupy

Close to the sensation of unctuousness, said of a wine that gives the impression of having the consistency of a syrup.

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

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to 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-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Castillo de Mendoza and wines from the region

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First single-vineyard Rioja sparkling wine released

It had been possible to produce sparkling wines in Rioja, certified as DO Cava, since the creation of Spain’s main sparkling wine entity. But this fact was often unknown to consumers given that 95% of Cava is produced in the Catalunya region. The area for production of Cava in Rioja is however limited to only 18 of the nearly 150 municipalities within the entire DO zone. In a bid to better show point of origin, the new subzone labelling of Cava that was approved in 2021 now refers to the p ...

The word of the wine: Sirupy

Close to the sensation of unctuousness, said of a wine that gives the impression of having the consistency of a syrup.

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