The Winery Cal Pla of Catalogne

Winery Cal Pla - Priorat
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Catalogne.
It is located in Catalogne

The Winery Cal Pla is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Catalogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cal Pla wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Cal Pla

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cal Pla

How Winery Cal Pla wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, moussaka with spices or rabbit socks in gibelotte.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cal Pla

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cal Pla. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oak or prune and sometimes also flavors of cheese, dark fruit or graphite. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cal Pla. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cal Pla

  • 2008With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cal Pla.

  • Cariñena
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Garnacha
  • Garnacha Tinta
  • Samsó

Discovering the wine region of Catalogne

Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.

O. C. was the first regional D. O.

C. in Spain. Created in 1999, it covers all the scattered vineyards that were not covered by one of the other 11 DOs in the region. The capital of Catalonia is the bustling Barcelona, Spain's second largest city and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean.

The top white wines of Winery Cal Pla

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cal Pla

How Winery Cal Pla wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina) or apple pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cal Pla

On the nose the white wine of Winery Cal Pla. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, microbio or nutty and sometimes also flavors of honey, cedar or straw.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cal Pla

  • 2007With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Cal Pla.

  • Picapoll Blanco
  • Garnacha Blanca
  • Xarel-lo
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Macabeo

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Cal Pla

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cal Pla

How Winery Cal Pla wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cal Pla

  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Cal Pla.

  • Piquepoul Noir
  • Garnacha Roja (Gris)

The word of the wine: Acerbe

Acidic taste with a certain astringency reminiscent of unripe fruit.

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Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Winery Cal Pla and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Acerbe

Acidic taste with a certain astringency reminiscent of unripe fruit.