Winery PeñafielAlma Serena Gascón
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Alma Serena Gascón from the Winery Peñafiel
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
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Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Alma Serena Gascón of Winery Peñafiel in the region of Castille-et-Léon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Alma Serena Gascón
Pairings that work perfectly with Alma Serena Gascón
Original food and wine pairings with Alma Serena Gascón
The Alma Serena Gascón of Winery Peñafiel matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beer goulash, couscous without couscous maker or rabbit with hunter's sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Peñafiel's Alma Serena Gascón.
Discover the grape variety: Croatina
Supple, fruity reds with an intense ruby robe, smooth tannins and a moreish palate of signature red fruits (cherry, raspberry), plum, blackfruit, spices and floral notes (violet). Often vinified as frizzante (lightly sparkling) as Bonarda dell'Oltrepò Pavese DOC, a festive and popular profile. Grown in Oltrepò Pavese DOC and Colli Piacentini DOC. Native Italian grape of Lombardy, not to be confused with Piedmontese bonarda.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Alma Serena Gascón from Winery Peñafiel are 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Peñafiel
The Winery Peñafiel is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 50 wines for sale in the of Ribera del Duero to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ribera del Duero
Cradle of great modern Spanish reds: Tempranillo (95% of the vineyard, here Tinto Fino) powerful, deep and elegant with notes of black cherry, blackberry, candied plum, leather, cedar and spices, firm tannins and sustained acidity thanks to altitude (720-1100 m). Classification by age: Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva. Harsh continental climate, clay-limestone soils. DO since 1982, 19,000 ha in Castilla y León.
The wine region of Castille-et-Léon
Cradle of great Castilian reds on high-altitude plateaus (450-1000 m) of the Duero. Tempranillo king (Tinto Fino, Tinta de Toro): powerful, structured reds with notes of black cherry, blackberry, plum, leather and spices, firm tannins and length worthy of long ageing. Stars: Ribera del Duero (Vega Sicilia, Pingus), fleshy Toro, Bierzo (fresh mineral Mencía). Lively herbaceous Verdejo whites from Rueda, cut grass and citrus.
The word of the wine: White Grenache
White grape variety cultivated mainly in Spain and a little in the south of France (southern Rhône valley, Languedoc-Roussillon). It is the white variety of Grenache noir. It is used in the blending of several white wines (dry wines or natural sweet wines) to which it gives richness, fatness and floral notes.
