{"id":1840,"date":"2021-02-02T11:36:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T11:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vegatolosa.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2021-02-02T11:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T11:36:01","slug":"tipos-de-vino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegatolosa.com\/en\/tipos-de-vino\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of wine in Spain according to different criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Wine is bottled poetry\u2019,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0said Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous writer of Treasure Island. Most likely, he was referring specifically to the Spanish wines<\/strong>. Almost all types of Spanish wine can be called treasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you list the emblems that represent Spain, Spanish wines will surely be found next to flamenco and bullfights. And for good reason: Spain ranks third in the world in the level of wine production. The 15th% of all the vineyards in the world are located here: The sun warms them, the earth gives them strength, so all types of Spanish wine are not only a drink, but they are a symbol of Spain and also its joy. Here there are more than a hundred certified wine regions, where several tens of thousands of producers produce hundreds of types of wine. Winemaking is one of the most important parts of the Spanish economy and one of the traditions that the country prides itself on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish wine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spanish wines are thought to be more astringent and strong than Italian and French wines. These three countries have been competing for a place in the world market for centuries. Many types of Spanish wine have strong flavors, especially reds. In Spain, white, red and ros\u00e9 wines are produced, but it is the Spanish reds that are considered one of the best in the world. They have intense aromas of black and oak fruits, they are tasty, with tannins ... Fresh and pleasant, with fruity notes and a good balance of acidity. Semi-dry and sweet Spanish wines are not so common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combination of the most modern technologies and ancestral traditions makes Spanish wines special. So special that collectors and connoisseurs of Spanish wine types can pay huge sums of money to buy a bottle: For example, in Sotheby\u2019s in 2010, Vega Sicilia was sold for \u20ac4,000 per bottle. In 2009 a batch of 23 bottles of this wine was sold for almost 103 thousand euros. There were years when the Sotheby\u2019s house received up to one million dollars from the sale of Spanish wines of various brands. This demonstrates once again the high quality of the types of Spanish wine, recognized beyond the borders of our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origins in its elaboration of the types of wine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Spanish science and art of winemaking has its origins in ancient times, so profound that some winemakers argue among themselves whether the craft of making Spanish wines appeared before Spain itself. One thing is for sure: Spain was one of the first to start producing wines in Europe. Neither Visigoths nor Moors could stop wine production. The Spanish kings took the production of this drink to a qualitatively new level: Different types of Spanish wine began to be supplied to England. Today, the British drink almost 5 million liters of Spanish wine a year. We can say that thanks to the inhabitants of England, the whole world learned what sherry is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different types of wine in Spain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Currently in Spain<\/a> more than 950 thousand hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of grapes, in the country more than 300 different varieties of grapes are grown. For this indicator, Spain surely ranks first in the world. This creates a unique opportunity for Spanish winemakers to constantly experiment and create new types of wine. There are many types of wines in different price categories. Economic wines sometimes deserve the same attention as those sold in wineries. Great fruity pleasures can be found below 10 euros, but there are also more daring and high-end red wines that easily combine with the best collector wines in the world. The types of wine will be differentiated by color, taste (depending on residual sugar), origin, according to the degrees of alcohol (from 8 to 23 degrees) and age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Types of wine by color<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By its color the types of wine<\/a> are subdivided and classified into whites, reds and ros\u00e9s. White wines are obtained by pressing white and black grapes. The color of red wine is obtained based on the pigments that are in the skin of the grape. The ros\u00e9 wines are obtained their color in the same way as red wine but the contact time between must and skin is much shorter. There are the following types of wine<\/strong> according to color and tone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wines whites<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n