The best wines of Rio Negro

Discover the best wines of Rio Negro of Patagonia as well as the best winemakers of Rio Negro and estates of Rio Negro to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Rio Negro and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Rio Negro by region

Looking for a good wine of Rio Negro of Patagonia among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Rio Negro. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Rio Negro with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Rio Negro

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Rio Negro

Red wines from the region of Rio Negro go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tibs (ethiopia), ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or chicken noodles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Rio Negro

On the nose the red wine of the region of Rio Negro. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, cassis or cedar and sometimes also flavors of microbio, spices or balsamic. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Rio Negro. is a powerful.

The best vintages in red wine of Rio Negro

  • 2002With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.08/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Rio Negro

  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Trousseau

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Rio Negro

A wine route planned in the region of Rio Negro? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Rio Negro.

Discovering the wine region of Rio Negro

The wine region of Rio Negro is located in the region of Patagonia of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bodega Noemìa or the Domaine Bodega Noemìa produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rio Negro are Malbec, Merlot and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rio Negro often reveals types of flavors of cream, raisin or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, cedar or anise.

In the mouth of Rio Negro is a powerful. We currently count 24 estates and châteaux in the of Rio Negro, producing 128 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rio Negro go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

Great white wines of Rio Negro

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Rio Negro

White wines from the region of Rio Negro go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of parillade of fish and seafood, fish shells or simple pancake batter.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Rio Negro

On the nose the white wine of the region of Rio Negro. often reveals types of flavors of cream, melon or tropical and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Rio Negro. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Rio Negro

  • 2019With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.56/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Rio Negro

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Rio Negro

A wine route planned in the region of Rio Negro? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Rio Negro.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Great sparkling wines of Rio Negro

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Rio Negro

Sparkling wines from the region of Rio Negro go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, vegetable planter or rice with tuna and tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Rio Negro

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Rio Negro. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Rio Negro

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Rio Negro

  • Pinot Noir
  • Torrontés
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Rio Negro

A wine route planned in the region of Rio Negro? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Rio Negro.

The word of the wine: Heart-to-heart

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Great pink wines of Rio Negro

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Rio Negro

Pink wines from the region of Rio Negro go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, duck and peach brochettes or veal roast casserole with mushrooms.

The best vintages in pink wine of Rio Negro

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Rio Negro

  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Malbec

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Rio Negro

A wine route planned in the region of Rio Negro? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Rio Negro.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great sweet wines of Rio Negro

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Rio Negro

Sweet wines from the region of Rio Negro go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of breton galette with buckwheat flour, baeckeoffe with fish or linguine with squid ink and cockles.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Rio Negro

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Rio Negro

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Torrontés

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Rio Negro

A wine route planned in the region of Rio Negro? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Rio Negro.

The word of the wine: Dame-jeanne

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News from the vineyard of Rio Negro

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

A groundbreaking Dram

Ardbeg single malt whisky, based on the southern shores of Scotland’s island of Islay, has recently unveiled Fon Fhòid: the latest in a number of highly unusual experiments. Back in 2014, the distillery team lead by whisky creator, Dr Bill Lumsden and former distillery manager, Mickey Heads (now retired) took the highly unusual approach of burying two already matured casks of Ardbeg underneath the peat bogs themselves, (burning peat smoke is normally used to dry the malted barley during producti ...