Spanish wines are gaining increasing popularity - As
they should...
Spanish wines are as varied as any other country’s. For example, Spanish
rosados are among the best rose wines in the world. They are inexpensive, crisp,
fruity wines that taste dry and clean, have medium alcohol, and doesn’t have the
bad new oak taste. Rosados go with many foods such as Spanish, Chinese,
Japanese, Mexican, and others. High quality restaurants in Spain serve rosados
by the glass and feature them on their wine lists. Rosados’ colors, smells, and
acids are good, and they don’t overpower the meal. Rosados have gotten a bad
reputation as being unrefined Spanish wines, but many wine drinkers enjoy them.
Rosados are among the most treasured Spanish wines because they can be consumed
in all seasons. They’re served cold, but they’re drier. They can be many colors
from pink to red. They smell like cherry, strawberry, or raspberry. They may
have mineral residue from the soils where the vines grow. The process
that makes rosados is called the sangrado method. Good rosados are mainly
garnacha wines from Navarra, a Spanish province. A combination that makes
rosados are tempranillo, garnacha, and the white grape, viura.
Navarra is a famous area for producing Spanish wines. Winemaking in Navarra
started in Roman times. In the late 1800’s, 100,000 acres of wine grapes were
planted. After France’s vineyards were diseased, the Navarra vineyards became
more prominent. Navarra did go through rough times after that but picked up
again in the 1970’s. Their climate is ideal because they do not have too much
rain or heat. The region has five viticultural sub zones. The weather in these
zones range from cool to warm. A great help to Navarra is EVENA or Estación de
Viticultura y Enología de Navarra, a wine research center (in english it's:
Navarra Viticulture and Oengology Centre). In addition to rosados and Navarra wines, organic wines are popular in Spain.
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