The Winery Jean Leon of Catalogne

Winery Jean Leon - Vinya Le Havre Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 34 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 114 of the estates of Catalogne.
It is located in Catalogne

The Winery Jean Leon is one of the best wineries to follow in Catalogne.. It offers 34 wines for sale in of Catalogne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Leon wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jean Leon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean Leon

How Winery Jean Leon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., pan-fried lamb heart or traditional welsh dark beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jean Leon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Jean Leon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dried fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Jean Leon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean Leon

  • 1975With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1977With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1991With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 1979With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.17/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cariñena

Discovering the wine region of Catalogne

Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.

O. C. was the first regional D. O.

C. in Spain. Created in 1999, it covers all the scattered vineyards that were not covered by one of the other 11 DOs in the region. The capital of Catalonia is the bustling Barcelona, Spain's second largest city and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean.

The top white wines of Winery Jean Leon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean Leon

How Winery Jean Leon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken drumstick with bacon, grilled bass with pastis and fennel or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jean Leon

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jean Leon. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, honey or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Jean Leon. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jean Leon

  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.77/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Xarel-lo

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Jean Leon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Jean Leon

How Winery Jean Leon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of milanese escalope (italy), creole chipolatas or deer jig.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Jean Leon

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Jean Leon. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Jean Leon

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation

Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Jean Leon and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation

Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.