The Winery El Gato Gordo of Bierzo of Castille-et-Léon

Winery El Gato Gordo
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Bierzo in the region of Castille-et-Léon

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

Top Winery El Gato Gordo wines

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

The top white wines of Winery El Gato Gordo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery El Gato Gordo

How Winery El Gato Gordo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery El Gato Gordo

On the nose the white wine of Winery El Gato Gordo. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery El Gato Gordo

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery El Gato Gordo.

  • Godello

Discovering the wine region of Bierzo

The wine region of Bierzo is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Descendientes de J. Palacios or the Domaine Descendientes de J. Palacios produce mainly wines red, white and pink.

The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bierzo are Mencia, Tempranillo and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bierzo often reveals types of flavors of cream, fennel or nutty and sometimes also flavors of honey, hazelnut or savory. In the mouth of Bierzo is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 164 estates and châteaux in the of Bierzo, producing 609 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Bierzo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top red wines of Winery El Gato Gordo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery El Gato Gordo

How Winery El Gato Gordo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of veal roast casserole, venison stew or chicken wok with chinese noodles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery El Gato Gordo

In the mouth the red wine of Winery El Gato Gordo. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery El Gato Gordo

  • 2017With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Mencia

Discover the grape variety: Gramon

Gramon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches of grapes of medium size. Gramon noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery El Gato Gordo

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

Discover the grape variety: Calabrese

Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

News about Winery El Gato Gordo and wines from the region

DO Penedès: new rules and aiming for Spanish wine’s top-tier

On 16 November 2021, the Denomination of Origin Penedès in Catalunya (DO Penedès) announced an extensive roadmap up to 2030, taking into account sustainability and establishing the region as a high-quality wine producer in Spain. Most immediately, all grapes for DO Penedès wines must be from fully-certified organic vineyards by 2025. While it’s an aggressive timeline, DO Penedès president Joan Huguet told Decanter, ‘Currently around 60% of the vineyards are already certified and our ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘Veteran wine books are by modern standards short on facts’

When you have an idea that, in your first flush of inspiration, you think deserves to get beyond the breakfast table, you run straight into the modern dilemma. Is it a Tweet? Is it one for Facebook or Instagram? Should you just try it out on your nearest and dearest, or is there a book in it? A slim volume, or does it need several tomes to expound its profundity? My trade being what it is, and royalties being as modest as they are these days, I’ve rather given up on books. Writing new ones, that ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Gout (wine of)

In red wine making, the wine comes directly from the vat after devatting (see press).