Winery La PicossaGarnacha Blanca
White wine
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Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Garnacha Blanca of Winery La Picossa in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or spices and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Picossa's Garnacha Blanca.
Discover the grape variety: Dunkelfelder
Intensely coloured and supple reds with an inky, near-black robe, melted tannins and a fruity mouthfeel, with simple aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), cherry, plum and floral notes. A dye variety (red pulp) mainly used in blending to boost the colour of light reds (notably Pinot Noir) in Germany (Pfalz), Switzerland and England. A German hybrid created in 1939 at Geisenheim (Färbertraube × Pinot Noir).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Garnacha Blanca from Winery La Picossa are 2019, 2018, 2015, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery La Picossa
The Winery La Picossa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Terra Alta to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Terra Alta
Southernmost DO of Catalonia south of Tarragona, world kingdom of white Grenache (33% of the planet's white Grenache, 75% of Spain's). Broad, sun-soaked whites with signature notes of ripe pear, yellow peach, white flowers, fennel, anise and a toasted hazelnut touch, a round and warm palate — powerful and high in alcohol. Dense reds of Garnacha Tinta (blackberry, black cherry, garrigue) and Carinena (licorice, spice). Dry, sunny climate, clay-limestone terraced soils.
The wine region of Catalogne
Cradle of Cava (~95% of Spanish output, traditional method): Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada trilogy, fine fruity bubble. Quality peak in Priorat DOCa: dense, mineral reds on llicorella (schist), old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena with black fruit, garrigue notes, firm tannins. Also Penedès, fleshy Montsant, sunny Empordà, Costers del Segre. Mediterranean.
The word of the wine: Bitter
Normal for certain young red wines rich in tannin, bitterness is in other cases a defect due to a bacterial disease.
