The Winery La Cepa Alta of Castille-et-Léon

Winery La Cepa Alta - Cinco Elementos
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 297 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery La Cepa Alta is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Cepa Alta wines

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

The top red wines of Winery La Cepa Alta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Cepa Alta

How Winery La Cepa Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef strogonoff, lamb curry with coconut milk or rabbit with cider and apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Cepa Alta

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Cepa Alta. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, floral or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Cepa Alta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Cepa Alta

  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Cepa Alta.

  • Tempranillo
  • Tinto Fino
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

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News about Winery La Cepa Alta and wines from the region

St-Emilion council defends classification after Angélus withdrawal

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Feudi di San Gregorio takes another step towards a fully sustainable business model

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Alsace wine leader André Hugel has passed away

André Hugel was an 11th generation member of Famille Hugel, one of the region’s most influential and highly-regarded wine families. The Hugel family settled in the town of Riquewihr, located in the heart of Alsace, all the way back in 1639. André ran Famille Hugel along with his brothers, Jean and Georges, as it developed into one of the world’s top producers. It owns 30 hectares (ha) of prime plots in the Haut-Rhin area, half of which are classified as Grand Cru, and it buys grapes from a furth ...

The word of the wine: Texture

In tasting, the equivalent of touch. It is the set of tactile sensations perceived by the mucous membranes of the mouth: silky, velvety, sticky, fatty, astringent, pasty, etc.