Winery Celler GerisenaEssència de Gerisena
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Food and wine pairings with Essència de Gerisena
Pairings that work perfectly with Essència de Gerisena
Original food and wine pairings with Essència de Gerisena
The Essència de Gerisena of Winery Celler Gerisena matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of garlic shrimp or birthday cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Celler Gerisena's Essència de Gerisena.
Discover the grape variety: Othello
Colourful reds with the characteristic foxy taste of Vitis labrusca, a sustained ruby robe, soft tannins and an airy palate, with typical labruscoid aromas (wild strawberry, candy). In France, it is among the six hybrids banned since 1935 (with Clinton, Herbemont, Isabelle, Jacquez, Noah), still found in heritage trellises. French black hybrid obtained by Henri Bouschet (folle blanche × clinton).
Informations about the Winery Celler Gerisena
The Winery Celler Gerisena is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Empordà to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Empordà
Catalan DO of the northeast under the tramontana wind, between Figueres and the coast, schist and granite terroir. Fresh, gastronomic rosés are a recognised speciality: Garnatxa and Cariñena by saignée with notes of strawberry, raspberry, citrus, Mediterranean herbs and a marine saline touch. Supple reds of Garnatxa (cherry, garrigue) and Cariñena (blackberry, spice). Garnatxa de l'Empordà as oxidative natural sweet (fig, walnut, caramel).
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.
The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea
This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
