The Winery Museum of Cigales of Castille-et-Léon

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The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Baron de Ley Group.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Cigales in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Museum is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Cigales to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Museum wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Museum

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Museum

How Winery Museum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, lamb shoulder confit with harissa or turkey ballotine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Museum

On the nose the red wine of Winery Museum. often reveals types of flavors of cream, microbio or mint and sometimes also flavors of prune, cinnamon or dried fig. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Museum. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Museum

  • 2002With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.95/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Tinta del Pais
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta de toro
  • Tinto Fino

Discovering the wine region of Cigales

The wine region of Cigales is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Museum or the Domaine César Principe produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cigales are Tempranillo, Verdejo and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cigales often reveals types of flavors of oaky, dark fruit or black currant and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, mushroom or clove.

In the mouth of Cigales is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 46 estates and châteaux in the of Cigales, producing 153 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cigales go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.

The top pink wines of Winery Museum

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Museum

How Winery Museum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, pumpkin parmentier hash or braised (green) cabbage.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Museum

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Museum. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Museum

  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

The top white wines of Winery Museum

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Museum

How Winery Museum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of nanie's diced ham quiche, my chef's pot or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Museum

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Museum. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Museum

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Verdejo

The word of the wine: Pinot meunier

Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Museum

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

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 Museum and wines from the region

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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 ...

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The word of the wine: Pinot meunier

Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.