The Winery Valpiculata of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Valpiculata - Cerromendro Tinta de Toro
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 692 of the estates of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon

The Winery Valpiculata is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Valpiculata wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Valpiculata

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Valpiculata

How Winery Valpiculata wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, lamb chops with spanish sauce or rabbit good woman.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Valpiculata

On the nose the red wine of Winery Valpiculata. 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 Valpiculata. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Valpiculata

  • 1999With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Tinta de toro

Discovering the wine region of Castille-et-Léon

Located in the northern half of the Central Iberian plateau, Castilla y León is the largest of Spain's 17 administrative regions, covering about one-fifth of the country's total area. It extends about 350 kilometres (220 miles) from central Spain to the northern coast. Just as wide, it connects the Rioja wine region to the Portuguese border. Red wines reign supreme in Castilla y León, and the Tempranillo grape is undoubtedly the king.

It is known here by various synonyms, including Tinta del Pais, Tinto de Toro and Tinto Fino. It is the source of all the best wines in the region, with the exception of Bierzo, which makes good use of Mencia. The other grape varieties are the French varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The white wines of Castilla y Léon are much less numerous than the reds, but hardly less prestigious.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Valpiculata

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

Discover the grape variety: Goruli mtsvane

An endemic Georgian grape variety, known since ancient times, it is most regularly found today in the Kartli and Imereti regions. It is practically unknown in other wine-producing countries. It should not be confused with, among others, Mtsvane Kakhuri and Gorula Mtsvane (table grapes), which are also white and native to Georgia.

News about Winery Valpiculata and wines from the region

A perfect pairing: Flatbread and cod roe emulsion

My father worked in the wholesale supply of fruit and vegetables. He would often come home with a box of the day’s best produce, and so I became interested in what was in season. Both my parents often worked late, so cooking dinner to help take some weight off them inspired me to want to learn more. My first kitchen job at age 14 was at a Greek restaurant in Southampton, and it inspired my love for foods of the eastern Mediterranean. Today, I’m lucky to be able to obtain the best produce from ‘O ...

Walls: Counoise spreads its wings

It’s easy to forget that the southern Rhône’s four most prevalent red varieties aren’t indigenous. Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre all appear to originate from Spain; Syrah made its way down the river from the northern Rhône. Of the long tail of other grapes, most have their roots closer to home. Plantings have dwindled in recent years, but today local varieties are experiencing renewed interest. One that’s finding a lot of fans – both in the Rhône and further afield – is Counoise. Scroll down ...

Demand for NZ wine shows no sign of slowing

Global demand for New Zealand wine saw exports rise by 9% to NZ$599m (£315m) in the first quarter of the new export year, to the end of September 2021, according to the latest data from New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW). A higher price per litre saw the average value of export wines rise by 4% for the three months, versus the same period of last year, but NZW also reiterated that managing tight supplies was a key challenge for wineries. ‘The ongoing demand for New Zealand wine has proven that the di ...

The word of the wine: Bouchy

See cabernet franc.