Winery Santo CristoEl Rey Old Vine Garnacha
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Taste structure of the El Rey Old Vine Garnacha from the Winery Santo Cristo
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the El Rey Old Vine Garnacha of Winery Santo Cristo in the region of Vinos de Pago is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with El Rey Old Vine Garnacha
Pairings that work perfectly with El Rey Old Vine Garnacha
Original food and wine pairings with El Rey Old Vine Garnacha
The El Rey Old Vine Garnacha of Winery Santo Cristo matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of monkfish tagine, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or leg of lamb in a herb crust with preserved vegetables.
Details and technical informations about Winery Santo Cristo's El Rey Old Vine Garnacha.
Discover the grape variety: Hibou noir
Very old grape variety cultivated in northern Italy in the Piedmont region. It would have been introduced in Savoy at the beginning of the 17th century. An A.D.N. study, dating from 2011, shows that Hibou noir and Avana are one and the same variety. It should also be noted that Amigne is its half-sister, Rèze its grandmother and Rouge du Pays (a variety from the Swiss Valais) its grandfather.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of El Rey Old Vine Garnacha from Winery Santo Cristo are 2012, 0
Informations about the Winery Santo Cristo
The Winery Santo Cristo is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 86 wines for sale in the of Vinos de Pago to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vinos de Pago
Vinos de Pago, often abbreviated to VP, is a relatively New category of wine classification in Spain. It was introduced in 2003, to cover individual wineries whose wines fell outside the existing DO system (geographically or stylistically) but were nevertheless of consistently high quality. As of 2017, there were more than a dozen VPs, all of which are notable exceptions in regions not generally associated with high quality wines. More than half are in Castilla-La Mancha, and the rest in Navarra and Utiel-Requena.
The word of the wine: New
Said of a wine from the last harvest, and more particularly of an early wine.
