The Winery El Contorno of La Mancha of Castille

Winery El Contorno
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 819 of the estates of Castille.
It is located in La Mancha in the region of Castille

The Winery El Contorno is one of the best wineries to follow in La Mancha.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of La Mancha to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery El Contorno wines

Looking for the best Winery El Contorno wines in La Mancha among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery El Contorno 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 El Contorno wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery El Contorno

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery El Contorno

How Winery El Contorno wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, pasta and peppers or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery El Contorno

  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery El Contorno.

  • Tempranillo
  • Bobal
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of La Mancha

The wine region of La Mancha is located in the region of Castille of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cinco Estrellas or the Domaine Munoz produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of La Mancha are Tempranillo, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of La Mancha often reveals types of flavors of cherry, mint or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of sweet tobacco, graphite or grass.

In the mouth of La Mancha is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 679 estates and châteaux in the of La Mancha, producing 2250 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of La Mancha go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery El Contorno

Planning a wine route in the of La Mancha? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery El Contorno.

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 El Contorno and wines from the region

Duero’s Dehesa Peñalba vinery awarded single estate denomination

Bodegas Vizar is located in the municipality of Villabáñez, to the east of Valladolid is Spain’s Castile and León region, bordering the Ribera del Duero DO. Vizar’s application to obtain the Dehesa Peñalba vino de pago DO was first put forward to, and approved by the Agrarian and Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL), in 2019. The proposal was then submitted to the European Commission, which granted the final green light earlier this month. ‘We started the process in 2015 and ...

Duero’s Dehesa Peñalba vinery awarded single estate denomination

Bodegas Vizar is located in the municipality of Villabáñez, to the east of Valladolid is Spain’s Castile and León region, bordering the Ribera del Duero DO. Vizar’s application to obtain the Dehesa Peñalba vino de pago DO was first put forward to, and approved by the Agrarian and Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL), in 2019. The proposal was then submitted to the European Commission, which granted the final green light earlier this month. ‘We started the process in 2015 and ...

California wines set for increased global market share

California Wines launched the two-day event, which ran from 31 October, in order to pave the way for new export opportunities and give buyers and importers ‘unprecedented access’ to the state’s wines. The event featured masterclasses led by two prominent wine educators, Elaine Chukan Brown and Kelli A. White, as well as walk-around wine tastings and networking sessions. Buyers and importers from 26 countries were among a hand-selected group chosen for this first event. Those at ...

The word of the wine: AOC

Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.