The Winery Finca Villacreces of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Finca Villacreces - Pruno Ribera del Duero
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Grupo Artevino.
It is ranked in the top 44 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Finca Villacreces is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Finca Villacreces wines

Looking for the best Winery Finca Villacreces wines in Castille-et-Léon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Finca Villacreces 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 Finca Villacreces wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Finca Villacreces

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Finca Villacreces

How Winery Finca Villacreces wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, saddle of lamb with herbs or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Finca Villacreces

On the nose the red wine of Winery Finca Villacreces. often reveals types of flavors of cream, honey or oak and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, microbio or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Finca Villacreces. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Finca Villacreces

  • 2001With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Viura
  • Malvasia
  • Tinto Fino

Discovering the wine region of Castille-et-Léon

Located in the northern half of the Central Iberian plateau, Castilla y León is the largest of Spain's 17 administrative regions, covering about one-fifth of the country's total area. It extends about 350 kilometres (220 miles) from central Spain to the northern coast. Just as wide, it connects the Rioja wine region to the Portuguese border. Red wines reign supreme in Castilla y León, and the Tempranillo grape is undoubtedly the king.

It is known here by various synonyms, including Tinta del Pais, Tinto de Toro and Tinto Fino. It is the source of all the best wines in the region, with the exception of Bierzo, which makes good use of Mencia. The other grape varieties are the French varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The white wines of Castilla y Léon are much less numerous than the reds, but hardly less prestigious.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Finca Villacreces

Planning a wine route in the of Castille-et-Léon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Finca Villacreces.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Finca Villacreces and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Mutage

The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.