The Winery Mayor de Castilla of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Mayor de Castilla - Ribera del Duero Crianza
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the J. García Carrión.
It is ranked in the top 2571 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Mayor de Castilla is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mayor de Castilla wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla

How Winery Mayor de Castilla wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef strogonoff, mediterranean lamb necklace or duck legs with cider and small onions.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

  • 2006With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 1990With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla.

  • Tempranillo
  • Tinta del Pais
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla

How Winery Mayor de Castilla wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

  • 2013With an average score of 2.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla.

  • Tinta del Pais

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.

The top white wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla

How Winery Mayor de Castilla wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of north welsch, sea sauerkraut with white wine or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Mayor de Castilla. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla

  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Mayor de Castilla.

  • Verdejo
  • Viura

The word of the wine: Aging

Period during which a wine is kept in a cellar where it goes through different phases of evolution of its aromatic range and a maturation of its constituents (evolution of the colour, refining of the tannins, harmonization of the different flavours, etc.). The wine evolves better and less quickly in large containers, whereas it deteriorates prematurely in half-bottles.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mayor de Castilla

Planning a wine route in the of Castille-et-Léon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Mayor de Castilla.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Mayor de Castilla and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Château La Gaffelière withdraws from the next St-Emilion classification

The historic estate follows in the footsteps of Châteaux Angélus, Cheval Blanc and Ausone by withdrawing its candidacy from the upcoming classification. The Malet-Roquefort family, which has owned Château La Gaffelière for more than 300 years, said it ‘no longer recognises its values’ in the new criteria. The Malet-Roqueforts claimed that the overhauled rating system for the tasting ‘contradicts all the ratings obtained by Château La Gaffelière for several years by the greatest wine professional ...

The word of the wine: Aging

Period during which a wine is kept in a cellar where it goes through different phases of evolution of its aromatic range and a maturation of its constituents (evolution of the colour, refining of the tannins, harmonization of the different flavours, etc.). The wine evolves better and less quickly in large containers, whereas it deteriorates prematurely in half-bottles.