The Winery Nix Alba of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Nix Alba
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 5245 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Nix Alba 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 Nix Alba wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Nix Alba

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Nix Alba

How Winery Nix Alba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, shrimp with curry express or ham and comté quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Nix Alba

  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Nix Alba.

  • Verdejo

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: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

News about Winery Nix Alba and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vergisson

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vergisson, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

Rare Lafite 1887 magnum tops £22,000 in Sotheby’s auction

A magnum of Lafite Rothschild 1887 sold for £22,500 ($28,300) at a Sotheby’s auction of ‘vinous treasures’ spanning nearly 200 years. The wine, held in storage with Octavian group in Wiltshire, had a pre-sale high estimate of £18,000. A single bottle of Château d’Yquem 1831 sold for £27,500 (pre-sale high estimate: £20,000). Another bottle of Yquem, from the 1896 vintage, sold for £15,000, tripling its pre-sale high estimate. ‘An extraordinary wine from a very great Sauternes vintage,’ said Sere ...

Catena Zapata opens exclusive new restaurant

In Mendoza, 2022 is coming to an end with major news for the local wine scene: Catena Zapata has finally opened Angélica Cocina Maestra, its first restaurant in Agrelo (Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza). The restaurant is on the same estate as Catena Zapata’s iconic Mayan pyramid-shaped winery and one of its most treasured Malbec vineyards. Angélica Cocina Maestra, a wine-focused restaurant ‘At Angélica the most important items on the menu are the wines, and our dishes are designed to be paired with them. ...

The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation

Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.