The Winery Viriatus of Castille-et-Léon

Winery Viriatus - Tempranillo
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Castille-et-Léon.
It is located in Castille-et-Léon
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The Winery Viriatus is one of the best wineries to follow in Castille-et-Léon.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Castille-et-Léon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Viriatus wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Viriatus

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Viriatus

How Winery Viriatus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), lamb chops à la champvallon or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Viriatus

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Tempranillo

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.

The top white wines of Winery Viriatus

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Viriatus

How Winery Viriatus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of sausages with kale, shrimp, coconut and ginger soup or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Viriatus.

  • Verdejo

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

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Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Viriatus and wines from the region

DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

In November of 2021, Spain’s DO Penedès announced a massive overhaul of their bylaws with many changes aimed at re-orienting the region via a “10-year plan”. One of the key aspects was a new classification system for the estates of the region called, “Vi de Mas”, the first five of which have just been certified. While most wine regions looking to implement a system use the so-called “Burgundian Pyramid” as a structure, Penedès took a different approach that merged some of the Burgundian sy ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Top Australian winery Giant Steps gets new head winemaker

Australia’s Giant Steps said that Melanie Chester joined the winery as head of winemaking and viticulture on 25 November. It marks a new chapter for one of the leading wineries in Yarra Valley, Victoria. Steve Flamsteed, who joined Giant Steps as chief winemaker in 2003, will step back from the cellar – although he is expected to continue working closely with the team. Working alongside winery founder Phil Sexton, Flamsteed has played a major role in developing Giant Steps’ reputation for excell ...

The word of the wine: Pulp

Fleshy and juicy part of the grape berry, it contains sugars, organic acids and various nitrogenous and mineral compounds.

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