The Winery Castro Candaz of Ribeira Sacra of Galice

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The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Ribeira Sacra in the region of Galice

The Winery Castro Candaz is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Ribeira Sacra to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castro Candaz wines

Looking for the best Winery Castro Candaz wines in Ribeira Sacra among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Castro Candaz 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 Castro Candaz wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Castro Candaz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castro Candaz

How Winery Castro Candaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of escalope cordon bleu, duck with vanilla (reunion island) or chicken fajitas.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Castro Candaz

On the nose the red wine of Winery Castro Candaz. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of smoke, oaky or floral. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Castro Candaz. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castro Candaz

  • 2013With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Castro Candaz.

  • Mencia

Discovering the wine region of Ribeira Sacra

The wine region of Ribeira Sacra is located in the region of Galice of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Raúl Pérez or the Domaine Daterra Viticultores produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribeira Sacra are Mencia, Albarino and Tempranillo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribeira Sacra often reveals types of flavors of cream, balsamic or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, floral or mulberry.

In the mouth of Ribeira Sacra is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 122 estates and châteaux in the of Ribeira Sacra, producing 326 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ribeira Sacra go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Castro Candaz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castro Candaz

How Winery Castro Candaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Castro Candaz

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Castro Candaz.

  • Godello

Discover the grape variety: Canner seedless

Cross between hunisa and sultana obtained in 1931 in the United States by Professor Harold P. Olmo of the University of Davis (California). In France, this variety is almost unknown, but it is listed in the official catalogue of vine varieties intended for canning.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Castro Candaz

Planning a wine route in the of Ribeira Sacra? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Castro Candaz.

Discover the grape variety: Mencia

Spanish, more precisely from the Duero Valley where it is still very present. According to some ampelographers, it is close to Cabernet Franc.

News about Winery Castro Candaz and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Shipping (liquor)

In champagne and wines made according to the traditional method, wine is added before corking to fill the void in the bottle created by disgorging. This added wine is often sweetened by sugar incorporated in variable proportions according to the style of wine sought (see dosage). Syn.: liqueur de dosage.