Top 100 wines of Utiel-Requena

Discover the top 100 best wines of Utiel-Requena of Utiel-Requena as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Utiel-Requena and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Utiel-Requena

The wine region of Utiel-Requena is located in the region of Valence of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Hispano Suizas or the Domaine Bodegas 6º Elemento - Vino Sexto Elemento produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Utiel-Requena are Bobal, Tempranillo and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Utiel-Requena often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, lime or licorice and sometimes also flavors of cream, nectarine or oil.

In the mouth of Utiel-Requena is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 177 estates and châteaux in the of Utiel-Requena, producing 680 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Utiel-Requena go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

Discover the grape variety: Bobal

This grape variety is widely cultivated in Spain under the name béni carlo. It was introduced into the Languedoc-Roussillon region of Narbonne around 1870.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Utiel-Requena

wines from the region of Utiel-Requena go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of picadillo, pasta with chicken and curry or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Utiel-Requena

On the nose in the region of Utiel-Requena often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, gooseberry or licorice and sometimes also flavors of cream, tropical fruit or nectarine. In the mouth in the region of Utiel-Requena is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

News from the vineyard of Utiel-Requena

Resolution in Valencian wine region border conflict

‘Por fin se ha hecho justicia.’ (Finally, justice has been served) This strongly-worded statement was made by the Denomination of Origin Utiel-Requena in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Valencia as part of a press announcement in July. It refers to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that was fully ratified at the end of September, closing a decade-long conflict between the region’s three DOs that pitted Valencia against Utiel-Requena and Alicante. The latter two had demanded that grapes fro ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Can wine help us make sense of tragedy?’

The dark days began when I learned from a visiting Canadian friend about the death of one of the kindest, most gentle and most skilful Pinot winemakers I’ve known, Paul Pender of Tawse Winery. He died in a senseless and tragic act of violence on the evening of 3 February, outside his Lake Erie cottage. A stranger, subsequently charged with his murder, had (it seems) knocked on his door, asking for help. Paul’s sudden, untimely loss has left his family, and the broader Canadian wine community, di ...