Winery RomateCardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva
Natural sweet wine
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, mature and hard cheese or cured meat.
Taste structure of the Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva from the Winery Romate
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva of Winery Romate in the region of Andalousie is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Food and wine pairings with Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva
The Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva of Winery Romate matches generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, mature and hard cheese or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of apple cake, truffle with saint-nectaire cheese or rice and cheese ball.
Details and technical informations about Winery Romate's Cardenal Mendoza Gran Reserva.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
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Informations about the Winery Romate
The Winery Romate is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
The wine region of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry is located in the region of Andalousie of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bodegas Ximénez-Spínola or the Domaine Valdespino produce mainly wines natural sweet, sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry are Tempranillo, Bobal and Tinta Barroca, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry often reveals types of flavors of non oak, apricot or orange peel and sometimes also flavors of banana, golden raisin or orange.
The wine region of Andalousie
Andalusia, located in the southwest of Spain, is the southernmost administrative region of the Spanish mainland. It is home to the world-famous fortified wine, sherry. This dynamic region is the most populous in Spain and has a colourful history. Its strategic position at the gateway to the Mediterranean and its proximity to Africa have made it the target of many settlements and invasions throughout history.
The word of the wine: Noble rot
A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
