The Winery Peñafalcón of Ribera del Duero of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Peñafalcón
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 170 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Ribera del Duero in the region of Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Peñafalcón is one of the best wineries to follow in Ribera del Duero.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Ribera del Duero to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Peñafalcón wines

Looking for the best Winery Peñafalcón wines in Ribera del Duero among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Peñafalcón 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 Peñafalcón wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Peñafalcón

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Peñafalcón

How Winery Peñafalcón wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of ramen burger, saddle of lamb with herbs or duck confit (canned).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Peñafalcón

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Peñafalcón

  • 2006With an average score of 4.53/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.38/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.01/5

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

  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Ribera del Duero

The wine region of Ribera del Duero is located in the region of Castille-et-Léon of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vega Sicilia or the Domaine Vega Sicilia produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribera del Duero are Tempranillo, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribera del Duero often reveals types of flavors of cream, ripe blackberries or cigar box and sometimes also flavors of rosemary, baking spice or espresso.

In the mouth of Ribera del Duero is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 832 estates and châteaux in the of Ribera del Duero, producing 2999 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ribera del Duero go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Peñafalcón

Planning a wine route in the of Ribera del Duero? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Peñafalcón.

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 Peñafalcón and wines from the region

Vega Sicilia invests €20m in Galicia white wine plan

Vega Sicilia’s announcement of its project in Galicia brings an end to months of industry speculation over where exactly the company would make its first Spanish white wines. Spanish daily newspapers El País and Cinco Días revealed news of the construction of a new winery and the acquisition of 24 hectares of vineyards by Vega Sicilia, owned by the Álvarez family. Vega Sicilia confirmed that production would initially consist of two white wines: Deiva, a white Crianza (aged 2 years); and Arnela, ...

Abadía Retuerta, Spain’s newest Vino de Pago

For those unfamiliar with the Vino de Pago qualification, it was created in Spain in 2003 to certify singular estates (pagos) as Protected Denominations of Origin. While not a requisite, it’s generally implemented by individual wineries looking to gain protected status for a single vineyard site within their domain. This is the case for Abadía Retuerta which is an estate of 700ha, of which 180ha is planted to vine. While located within the Duero Valley, the site resides within the borders of Sar ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Astringency

Chemical stimulation that tightens the mucous membranes of the mouth and causes a sensation of harshness, which is characteristic of the presence of tannins. With time, the tannins lose their harshness and become softer.