The Winery Mariano Santos of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Mariano Santos
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 3221 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Mariano Santos is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mariano Santos wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mariano Santos

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mariano Santos

How Winery Mariano Santos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of provencal stew, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or calf's head with sauce ravigote.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mariano Santos

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mariano Santos. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mariano Santos

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Mariano Santos.

  • Tempranillo
  • 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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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.

News about Winery Mariano Santos and wines from the region

The Last Drop Distillers unveils trio of new releases

The launch of the 2022 Collection takes the total number of Last Drop releases to 27 since the company was founded by drinks industry veterans Tom Jago and James Espey in 2008. Tom’s daughter Rebecca Jago is now the company’s MD. This year’s releases include The Last Drop’s first Japanese whisky: a blended malt that includes whisky from the fabled Hanyu distillery, taken from the beginning and end of its brief lifespan (1980-2000), as well as malts from other unidentified Japanese distilleries. ...

Bollinger Group purchases Sancerre estate Hubert Brochard

The Champagne house expanded into the region when it acquired Maison Langlois-Chateau in Saumur back in 1973. It then bolstered its presence in Sancerre with the acquisition of Château de Thauvenay in 2016. Now it has tied up a deal to bring the family-run Hubert Brochard estate into the fold. ‘The acquisition of Hubert Brochard estate represents a unique opportunity to consolidate our footprint in this fantastic region and to continue to promote, in France and internationally, its savoir-faire ...

UK wine trade urges government rethink on duty tax plans

Ministers have said plans to link duty tax more closely to alcohol levels (abv) from February 2023 will create a simpler and fairer system, but UK wine trade leaders have called for a government rethink. The issue is coming to a head as a government-led consultation period nears its 30 January deadline. While plans to abolish the premium tax rate on sparkling wine have been widely welcomed, the new system would see duty increase on some still and fortified wines. This could lead to price rises, ...

The word of the wine: AOC

Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.