The Winery 1492 Santafé of Ribera del Duero of Castille-et-Léon

Winery 1492 Santafé - Crianza
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Ribera del Duero in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery 1492 Santafé is one of the best wineries to follow in Ribera del Duero.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Ribera del Duero to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery 1492 Santafé wines

Looking for the best Winery 1492 Santafé wines in Ribera del Duero among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery 1492 Santafé 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 1492 Santafé wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery 1492 Santafé

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery 1492 Santafé

How Winery 1492 Santafé wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of delicious bourguignon, moroccan lamb stew or lamb chops marinated with herbs.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery 1492 Santafé

  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery 1492 Santafé.

  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Ribera del Duero

The wine region of Ribera del Duero is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vega Sicilia or the Domaine Vega Sicilia produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribera del Duero are Tempranillo, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribera del Duero often reveals types of flavors of cream, ripe blackberries or cigar box and sometimes also flavors of rosemary, baking spice or espresso.

In the mouth of Ribera del Duero is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 832 estates and châteaux in the of Ribera del Duero, producing 2999 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ribera del Duero go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Baroque

From a morphological point of view, Baroque seems to have common origins with Tannat. Still called Blanc Bordelais, this white grape variety is distinguished essentially by the characteristics of its leaves. Those that are still young are both yellowish and downy. Their bumps have a somewhat bronzed appearance. The adult leaves have angular teeth. The leaves are not very three-lobed and have a pubescent, downy blade. The Baroque is grown in the Adour basin, mainly in Tursan and in certain vineyards in the Gers. Its production area is therefore not very large. This grape variety manages to resist oidium, unlike other varieties, and its harvest must be well done and free of rot. The harvest must be well done and free of rot, which leads to a better result and a more successful wine production. Moreover, the development of Baroque must be slowed down in time, bearing in mind that this type of grape variety only matures about twenty days after Chasselas.

News about Winery 1492 Santafé and wines from the region

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Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.