10 wine proposals for a romantic dinner

Nothing better than a good wine to accompany a romantic dinner. Here we offer you a selection of red, white, rosé and sparkling wines ideal for celebrating and charming that special person without leaving your pocket.

Red wines to charm

1. Matassa Tattouine Rouge 2019

What could be more romantic than French wine? This young red wine from the Languedoc Roussillon region of France from the Domaine Matassa winery is captivating, fruity and juicy. It is made from the Cariñera and Garnacha varieties and has an 11.5% alcohol content.

It is a natural wine, made from carbonic maceration and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with native yeasts and whole clusters. It is aged for nine months in 500 liter old demi muids and is bottled without clarification or filtering.

2. Albahara 2019

Red wine from the Envínate winery, made from Garnacha Tintorera and with an alcohol content of 14.0%. The perfect option to enjoy in a romantic dinner with red meat. It is a fragrant, light and ecological wine.

In its elaboration, it goes through a process of spontaneous alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels of 500 liters and then eleven months of aging in barrels.

3. Guignier Beaujolais La Bonne Pioche 2017

This red wine from Michel Guignier’s winery has an 11.5% alcohol content and is made from 100% of the Gamay grape variety. It is a natural wine, which goes through a process of spontaneous semi-charcoal maceration with a whole harvest without de-stemming and a spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with native yeasts in epoxy tanks. Finally, it goes through a period of aging in oak casks, to be later bottled without filtering and without added sulfites.

White wines to dazzle with elegance

4. Battenfeld Spanier Hohen-Sülzen Riesling Trocken 2016

White wine without aging from the German winery Battenfeld Spanier, ideal to enjoy in an elegant romantic dinner, accompanied by some seafood or sushi. It is an aromatic and fragrant Riesling, with 12.5% alcohol content.

5. Martín Os Pasás 2017 Vineyard

Here we have a white wine without aging, from the Galician winery Luis A. Rodríguez Vázquez, made from a blend of Treixadura, Albariño, Torrontés and Lado. It is a deep and mineral wine, with an alcoholic volume of 13.5%. It also has the quality seal of 93 Parker Points.

6. Tricot Désiré 2018

This Marie et Vincent Tricot white wine from the Loire region of France is aromatic and fragrant and is made from 100% Chardonnay. It has 12.5% alcohol content and is the perfect choice if your menu includes white fish.

Sparkling wines to celebrate a special occasion

7. Raventós i Blanc de Nit 2017

If you want to celebrate an anniversary or some special occasion, nothing better than a sparkling wine. Our recommendation is this light and vibrant cava from the Raventós i Blanc winery, made in Catalonia from a blend of Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada and Monastrell. Aged for a minimum of 15 months in the bottle, this sparkling wine has 12.0% alcohol and is ideal for pairing with smoked foods, caviar and sushi.

8. Can Sumoi Ancestral Sumoll 2018

This ancestral sparkling wine from the Catalan winery Can Sumoi is made 100% from the Sumoll variety, has an 11.0% alcohol content and combines very well with both caviar and blue fish. It is a biodynamic wine, made from a spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with native yeasts and an aging in the bottle before disgorgement.

 

 

Rosé wines to fall in love

9. Gran Caus Rosé 2019

Delicate and fragrant, this young rosé wine from the Can Ràfols dels Caus winery is ideal for arousing passion. Made from 100% Merlot, it has 13.0% alcohol content, is organic, and has 89 Parker Points and 91 Peñín Points.

10. Sicus Cartoixà Marí Rosé 2018

Made only from the Cartoixà Vermell variety, this young, subtle and light rosé wine from the Sicus del Penedés winery has only 9.5% alcohol. Its elaboration process consists of a cold maceration of skins during two days, an alcoholic fermentation in 200 liters amphoras, and its later aging of five months in stainless steel tanks.

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