Top 100 wines of Rioja

Discovering the wine region of Rioja

Star of great Spanish reds: signature Tempranillo, elegant and complex, with notes of ripe cherry, plum, leather, vanilla and tobacco from American oak ageing. Classification by age: fruity Joven, balanced Crianza, ample Reserva, deep, silky Gran Reserva (5 years, 2 in barrel). Some fresh Viura whites and generous rosés. Spain's first DOCa (1991), 3 sub-zones (Alta, Alavesa, Oriental), 93.

5% red vineyard along the Ebro. Benchmark age-worthy wines.

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

Lively, aromatic whites with sharp acidity and a sleek palate, with intense aromas of grapefruit, lime, fresh herbs, fennel, green almond and saline notes. Typically slightly bitter finish. Absolute star of Rueda DO in Castile-León, now widely exported. Also made as lees-aged and oak-influenced structured cuvées. Native Spanish variety, an ancient Castilian grape.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Rioja

wines from the region of Rioja go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, express couscous in a pressure cooker or tripe in the style of caen.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Rioja

On the nose in the region of Rioja often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, non oak or black fruit. In the mouth in the region of Rioja is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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