The Winery Mercoin of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Mercoin
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 2913 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Mercoin is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mercoin wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mercoin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mercoin

How Winery Mercoin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or korean bibimbap.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mercoin

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mercoin. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mercoin. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mercoin

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.87/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tempranillo

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 Mercoin and wines from the region

Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market by Debra MEIBURG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this minute-long clip, Debra MEIBURG discusses the position of Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

Generation Z investors ‘turning to fine wine’

A survey of 2,000 investors in the UK found links between Generation Z, loosely covering those up to 25 years of age, and fine wine investment. While close to half of all survey respondents said they had invested in so-called alternative assets, such as fine wine, whisky, art or crypto, this proportion rose to 62% for the under-25s. Commissioned by merchant Bordeaux Index and conducted by market research agency 3Gem, the survey suggests younger investors ‘are turning to fine wine’ as ...

DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

In November of 2021, Spain’s DO Penedès announced a massive overhaul of their bylaws with many changes aimed at re-orienting the region via a “10-year plan”. One of the key aspects was a new classification system for the estates of the region called, “Vi de Mas”, the first five of which have just been certified. While most wine regions looking to implement a system use the so-called “Burgundian Pyramid” as a structure, Penedès took a different approach that merged some of the Burgundian sy ...

The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)

A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.