Winery Jean VidalHonor Xarel-lo
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The Honor Xarel-lo of the Winery Jean Vidal is in the top 0 of wines of Penedès.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Vidal's Honor Xarel-lo.
Discover the grape variety: Perlaut
A cross between Cinsaut and Csaba pearl obtained in 1956, registered in the Official Catalogue of Table Grape Varieties, list A1.
Informations about the Winery Jean Vidal
The Winery Jean Vidal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Penedès to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Penedès
The wine region of Penedès is located in the region of Catalogne of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Parés Baltà or the Domaine Enric Soler produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Penedès are Xarello, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Penedès often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red cherry or bergamot and sometimes also flavors of chamomile, earl grey tea or eucalyptus.
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.
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
