The Winery Portento of Castille

Winery Portento
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1497 of the estates of Castille.
It is located in Castille

The Winery Portento is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Castille to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Portento wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Portento

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Portento

How Winery Portento wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of fondue bourguignonne and accompanying sauces, lamb stew with melting peppers or veal meatballs with curry.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Portento

On the nose the red wine of Winery Portento. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Portento. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Portento

  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Castille

Castilla-La Mancha is a large region located South and east of the Spanish capital, Madrid. Inexpensive table wines are produced from a variety of Grapes. Higher quality wines are increasingly available, but the region is traditionally known as a source of low quality bulk wine. More than half of Spain's grapes are grown here.

Traditionally, only grape varieties that can tolerate hot, Dry conditions were planted. The white Airen grape is at the top of the list and remains the most planted grape in Castilla-La Mancha (and indeed in all of Spain). However, it is not a particularly respected variety, so many producers have expanded their portfolios. Red grapes dominate the rest of the range.

The top white wines of Winery Portento

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Portento

How Winery Portento wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of rice with shrimps and onions, summer tuna quiche or breaded cheese plate.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Portento

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

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 Portento and wines from the region

Matt Walls: my top wines of 2022

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Northern Rhône 2021: full report and top-scoring wines

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The word of the wine: Pommadé

Said of a wine that is unbalanced, pasty, syrupy, and whose excessive sugar content gives an impression of heaviness.