Tasting and consumption

TASTING AND CONSUMPTION

Of Malaga Wine Denomination of Origin :

El vino de Málaga aporta en la cata multitud sensaciones. La gran gama de colores, aromas y sabores, hacen del «Málaga» un vino que invita a la curiosidad, porque cada vino de Málaga es un nuevo descubrimiento.

They are ideal to consume with appetizers, blue cheeses, foie gras, fruits and chocolates among other dishes.

En la cocina, el vino «Málaga» aporta toda su complejidad organoléptica, dando como resultado platos que son auténticos manjares.

Cocktails and ice cream making are other of the most recommended gastronomic utilities of Malaga wine.

The main organoleptic characteristics of wines with D.O. Malaga are:

• Dry liqueur wine: clear, bright, with the characteristic color of its traditional mention or term; intense and characteristic nose, with patent but integrated, fine alcohol; In the mouth it can be dry or slightly sweet, with just acidity, resulting powerful, warm and persistent.
• Sweet liqueur wine: clear, bright, with the characteristic color of its traditional mention or term; intense nose, clear but integrated alcohol, honeyed, complex; Sweet or very sweet entry into the mouth, just, powerful, unctuous, very persistent acidity. If it meets the additional conditions required, it can be identified with the specific mention "Natural Sweet Wine".
• Wine from over-mature grapes: clean, bright, from pale yellow to golden; fresh, complex, aromatic and with characteristic finesse on the nose; On the palate, its contrasting acid-sweet balance stands out, resulting in fresh, lively, unctuous and persistent. If it meets the other conditions required, it can be identified with the specific mention "Naturally Sweet Wine".
• Wine of raisined grapes: clean, bright, from pale yellow to old gold; complex, aromatic and with characteristic finesse on the nose, with nuances of dried grapes and a clear expression of the preferred varieties, which are the only ones that can be used for its preparation; On the palate its concentration, acid-sweet balance, great unctuousness, aromatic aftertaste and persistence stand out.
• Dry wine: Yellow to amber in color depending on age, with a penetrating aroma, powerful, round and dry on the palate.

Of Sierras de Málaga Wine Denomination of Origin:

The wines with D.O. Sierras de Málaga, whites, reds and rosés complete the province's wine offering, with natural wines, with a great display of aromas.

The organoleptic characteristics of the wines of the Denomination of Origin «Sierras de Málaga» are the following:

• White wines: straw yellow with greenish reflections, up to golden yellow or golden in aged wines; frank and fruity on the nose. In aged wines the fruity aromas are maintained although attenuated and will also present aromas typical of aging. On the palate they are dry or doomed wines with volume, balanced, fresh for young people, and unctuous for fermented and / or aged in oak.
• Rosé wines: pink to reddish-pink in color, fruity and floral on the nose, sharing attributes and nuances typical of white and red wines, with volume on the palate, being dry or sweet, and balanced.
• Red wines: violet red to ruby red, medium to high robe. Those subjected to long aging can acquire brick red tones. Frank on the nose, with fruity notes and aromas typical of the terroir, gaining complexity in wines subjected to aging, with the evolution and aromas typical of aging. In the mouth they are wines with volume, structured but harmonious, with ripe tannins, good persistence, unctuous and concentrated those subjected to aging.

Of the Raisins of Malaga Denomination of Origin:

The organoleptic characteristics of the Raisins of Malaga stand out as their marked muscat flavor, persistent on the palate with the absence of caramel flavor, typical of artificial drying; and the presence of seed in a juicy and flexible pulp.

In addition to its direct consumption, they are widely used for the preparation of sauces and desserts.