The Winery Xaloc of Iles Baléares

Winery Xaloc
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Iles Baléares.
It is located in Iles Baléares

The Winery Xaloc is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Iles Baléares to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Xaloc wines

Looking for the best Winery Xaloc wines in Iles Baléares among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Xaloc 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 Xaloc wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Xaloc

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Xaloc

How Winery Xaloc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of chicken in red wine, pasta with tuna and tomato sauce or seafood pie.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Xaloc

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Iles Baléares

The Balearic Islands (Las Islas Baleares) collectively form one of Spain's 17 official administrative regions. This idyllic archipelago Lies about 95 km east of the Iberian Peninsula in the western Mediterranean. The islands' closest neighbours are the provinces of Valencia and Murcia to the west, and Catalonia to the North. The four largest islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera) are known as the archetypal Mediterranean holiday destinations.

Although wine has been produced on the islands since Roman times (vines were introduced around 121 BC), the industry is still evolving. The islands have two official DO wine designations: Pla i Llevant (introduced in 2001) and Binissalem-Mallorca, both located on the island of Mallorca.

The top red wines of Winery Xaloc

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Xaloc

How Winery Xaloc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of improved horse steak, pasta with vongoles (flat clams) or atriaux en sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Xaloc

On the nose the red wine of Winery Xaloc. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Xaloc. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Xaloc

  • 2012With an average score of 4.37/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Manto negro

This grape variety is native to the Balearic Islands (Spain), more precisely to the island of Mayorque, and has been cultivated for a very long time. D.N.A. analyses have shown that it is the result of a natural cross between the sabaté and the callet cas concos (negrella), the latter being in danger of extinction. Manto negro is hardly known in other wine-producing countries, but in France it should be interesting for the production of original rosé wines that are pleasant to drink.

The top pink wines of Winery Xaloc

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Xaloc

How Winery Xaloc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese fondue, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or ramen (noodle) soup.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Xaloc

  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Xaloc.

  • Manto Negro
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Barrel

Bordeaux barrel of 225 litres, used to determine the tonneau (unit of measurement corresponding to four barrels, or 900 litres).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Xaloc

Planning a wine route in the of Iles Baléares? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Xaloc.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.