Discover the top 100 best red wines of Ribera del Duero of Ribera del Duero as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Ribera del Duero and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Cradle of great modern Spanish reds: Tempranillo (95% of the vineyard, here Tinto Fino) powerful, deep and elegant with notes of black cherry, blackberry, candied plum, leather, cedar and spices, firm tannins and sustained acidity thanks to altitude (720-1100 m). Classification by age: Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva. Harsh continental climate, clay-limestone soils. DO since 1982, 19,000 ha in Castilla y León.
Legends: Vega Sicilia, Pingus, Pesquera, Alión.
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.
red wines from the region of Ribera del Duero go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, leg of lamb cooked in yoghurt / tave kosi (albania) or duck stew with cahors wine.
On the nose in the region of Ribera del Duero often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tobacco or vanilla. In the mouth in the region of Ribera del Duero is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
