Winery Franco-EspanolasExcelso Reserva
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Taste structure of the Excelso Reserva from the Winery Franco-Espanolas
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Excelso Reserva of Winery Franco-Espanolas in the region of Rioja is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Excelso Reserva of Winery Franco-Espanolas in the region of Rioja often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Excelso Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Excelso Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Excelso Reserva
The Excelso Reserva of Winery Franco-Espanolas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of steak tartare, lamb tagine with olives and honey or express veal stew in a pressure cooker.
Details and technical informations about Winery Franco-Espanolas's Excelso Reserva.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Excelso Reserva from Winery Franco-Espanolas are 2009, 2011, 0, 2007
Informations about the Winery Franco-Espanolas
The Winery Franco-Espanolas is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 50 wines for sale in the of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rioja
Rioja, in northern Spain, is best known for its berry-flavored, barrel-aged red wines made from Tempranillo and Garnacha. It is probably the leading wine region in Spain. It is certainly the most famous, rivaling only Jerez. The Vineyards follow the course of the Ebro for a hundred kilometres between the towns of Haro and Alfaro.
The word of the wine: Baco 22A
A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.
