Top 100 red wines of Bierzo
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Bierzo of Bierzo as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Bierzo and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Bierzo
DO of Castile and Leon in a northwestern basin at the gates of Galicia, mild Atlantic climate. Signature Mencia (62%): elegant, fresh reds with signature notes of raspberry, cherry, violet, graphite and a slatey mineral touch, fine tannins and chiselled acidity — Atlantic finesse sometimes compared to Pinot Noir. Old bush vines on slate and schist. Opulent Godello whites (pear, citrus, butter), Dona Blanca.
A spectacular qualitative renaissance.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Bierzo
red wines from the region of Bierzo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of steak tartare, awara broth or osso-bucco with asian flavours, funambuline style.
