The Winery Castillo del Rey of Catalogne

Winery Castillo del Rey
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Real Sitio de Ventosilla.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Catalogne.
It is located in Catalogne

The Winery Castillo del Rey is one of the best wineries to follow in Catalogne.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Catalogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castillo del Rey wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Castillo del Rey

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castillo del Rey

How Winery Castillo del Rey wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of cantonese rice, mussels with rosemary and barbecue or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Castillo del Rey

  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Verdejo
  • Airen

Discovering 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.

70,000 ha, 12 appellations. From Cava to great age-worthy crus.

The top red wines of Winery Castillo del Rey

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castillo del Rey

How Winery Castillo del Rey wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, pasta with alfredo sauce or chicken and sausage stew with carrots.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castillo del Rey

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Garnacha
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Intensely coloured and powerful reds with a deep colour, firm tannins and high acidity, on aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, garrigue, pepper, liquorice and balsamic notes. Old vines (>50 years, often centenary) yield exceptional cuvées. A historical pillar of Languedoc-Roussillon blends (Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Maury) and star of Catalan Priorat under the name Cariñena. Very late-ripening variety from Aragon, also called Mazuelo in Rioja.

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Discover the grape variety: Airen

Simple, refreshing whites with a pale robe and a tender mouth, featuring discreet aromas of apple, citrus, fresh herbs and neutral notes. Moderate acidity, best drunk young. Very productive and drought-resistant, it produces easy-drinking whites in La Mancha DO and Valdepeñas DO on the Castilian plateau, and has historically supplied the base for Brandy de Jerez distillation. Native Spanish grape, long the world's most planted by surface area.