The Winery Villa Castro of Rio Grande do Sul

Winery Villa Castro - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 433 of the estates of Rio Grande do Sul.
It is located in Rio Grande do Sul

The Winery Villa Castro is one of the best wineries to follow in Rio Grande do Sul.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Rio Grande do Sul to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Villa Castro wines

Looking for the best Winery Villa Castro wines in Rio Grande do Sul among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Villa Castro 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 Villa Castro wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Villa Castro

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Villa Castro

How Winery Villa Castro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tanjia, royal couscous or one pot pasta with creamy chicken farfalle.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Villa Castro

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Villa Castro. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Villa Castro

  • 2016With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Marselan

Discovering the wine region of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is Brazil's most prolific wine-producing state. It is located in the very South of the country along the Uruguayan and Argentinian borders. The wine regions of Serra Gaucha, Campanha and Vale do Vinhedos can be found in this Part of the country. Soft, light red wines from a range of varieties such as Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat are made here.

Rich white wines from Chardonnay and Viognier are also produced. However, it is the fresh, FruitySparkling wines made here in the Italian spumante style that have captured the most attention. Today, Rio Grande do Sul is responsible for around 90 percent of Brazilian wine production, although only a small amount of this is quality wine made from Vitis vinifera grape varieties. Vitis labrusca and Hybrid grape varieties such as Isabella and Concord are better suited to the terroir here and still make up the majority of plantings.

The state lies some 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of the city of Sao Paulo and 300km (200 miles) North of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. Rio Grande do Sul (which means "great river of the south") is essentially a continuation of the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay. These are fertile lowlands that consist mainly of low, rolling hills and plains. In the more northern part of the state, the landscapes rise into low mountain ranges that extend northward into the bordering state, Santa Catarina.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Villa Castro

Planning a wine route in the of Rio Grande do Sul? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Villa Castro.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Villa Castro and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Complex

Said of a rich and concentrated wine offering a wide range of aromas and a tasty mouthfeel.