The Winery Castelo Rodrigo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Beiras to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Castelo Rodrigo wines in Beiras among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Castelo Rodrigo 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 Castelo Rodrigo wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Castelo Rodrigo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Beiras (Beira) is a traditional administrative region in the northern half of Portugal. It is also the name of the IGP, or Indicacoes Geograficas Protegidas, wine classification (formerly known as Vinho Regional) which covers the region as a whole. A wide range of wines are made in Beiras – red wines from the region are typically Rich, deeply colored wines made from Baga, Castelão, Rufete (Tinto Pinheira), Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Touriga Nacional, and are sometimes fortified to emulate their more famous Oporto cousins. Whites are most often based on Fernão Pires and Bical, the latter being a small-berried variety with the affectionate nickname Borrado das Moscaos ('fly droppings').
Beiras is relatively wide, as Portuguese regions go, and stretches from the Atlantic coast right to the border with Spain (about 100 miles/160km). It was traditionally a single region, but was later split into Beira Litoral (coastal Beira) and Beira Interior (inland Beira). The region encompasses several DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada) titles, among them Bairrada, Beira Interior and the famous Dão.
Terroir varies greatly in the Beiras region, which touches both sides of Portugal and takes in coastline, rivers, valleys, lakes, plateaux and low mountains.
The same is true of the Climate – although heavily influenced by the Atlantic in the maritime west, the continental draw of Spain's hot, DryCenter is strong in the east. In the west are the sandier soils of the coast, slightly inland are the limestone and clays of Bairrada, and the center has the alluvial soils of the Dão, Mondego and Ceira river valleys.
Baga is arguably the most important red wine grape in Beira. It typically makes up the lion's share of red wines, particularly in Bairrada, where it accounts for more than three-quarters of the red plantings.
How Winery Castelo Rodrigo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of salmon with cream sauce, lamb tagine with prunes or venison stew.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Castelo Rodrigo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Castelo Rodrigo. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
How Winery Castelo Rodrigo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of brochette of scallops and prawns, tuna samoussa or cod and zucchini crumble.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Castelo Rodrigo. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Castelo Rodrigo. is a with a nice freshness.
White grape variety of Italian origin, and the main white variety grown in France. Its large bunches give fine, light and lively wines, suitable for distillation: today it is the main variety for making cognac and armagnac. Ugni blanc, which is a little richer in alcohol when grown in Mediterranean regions, is used in the blending of the Provence and Corsica appellations, often in association with other grape varieties that bring aromas and structure, such as clairette, grenache blanc or sauvignon. Ugni blanc is also used, on a secondary basis, in the production of certain white wines in Gironde (AOC Bordeaux, Entre-deux-Mers, etc.).
How Winery Castelo Rodrigo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of thai beef curry or croque monsieur with chopped steak.
How Winery Castelo Rodrigo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Said of a wine rich in alcohol, powerful and expressive.
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