Top 100 wines of Rías Baixas - Page 4

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

Discovering the wine region of Rías Baixas

The wine region of Rías Baixas is located in the region of Galice of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Raúl Pérez or the Domaine Pazo de Rubianes produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rías Baixas are Albarino, Loureiro and Caino blanco, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rías Baixas often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, mint or chamomile and sometimes also flavors of apple blossom, green melon or beeswax.

In the mouth of Rías Baixas is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 460 estates and châteaux in the of Rías Baixas, producing 1016 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rías Baixas go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or vegetarian.

Discover the grape variety: Mencia

Spanish, more precisely from the Duero Valley where it is still very present. According to some ampelographers, it is close to Cabernet Franc.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Rías Baixas

wines from the region of Rías Baixas go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of cannelloni with brocciu from jeanne, fondue with lao sukiyaki sauce (laos) or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Rías Baixas

On the nose in the region of Rías Baixas often reveals types of flavors of citrus, lemon peel or lemon zest and sometimes also flavors of straw, chalk or gooseberry. In the mouth in the region of Rías Baixas is a with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Rías Baixas

Auction of Washington Wines raises $4m

‘Thanks to our incredibly generous wineries, donors, and sponsors, the AWW can continue its mission to uplift the Washington wine industry and grow its efforts to support healthy communities and healthy land in Washington state’, said Jamie Peha, executive director of the Auction of Washington Wines. ‘Together with our philanthropic partners, Seattle Children’s, WSU Viticulture & Enology Research, and Industry Grant Partner Vital Wines, we ensure that our charitable efforts ...

EPI purchases Super Tuscan producer Isole e Olena

The De Marchi family established the 56ha estate back in 1956, and it is now firmly established as one of the region’s leading producers. Isole e Olena played a key role in reviving the quality of Chianti in the 1970s, and its flagship wine – Cepparello, a barrique-aged Sangiovese from old vines – is regarded as one of the original Super Tuscans. A Piedmont lawyer called Francesco De Marchi founded the business, but his visionary son – Paulo De Marchi – has driven its rise to prominence. He is r ...

Buying wine en primeur: How to approach it

Colin Hay, a professor of political economy with a special interest in the Place de Bordeaux, considers the different ways of approaching en primeur purchasing, ahead of this year’s 2021 campaign. Buying en primeur wines is a rather strange and, arguably, arcane system of buying and selling in which the consumer purchases the wine typically in the early summer following the vintage even though it will not be bottled and delivered for a further 12-18 months. It is, in effect, a futures mark ...