The best wines of Continental Region

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

Top wines of Continental Region by region

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

Great red wines of Continental Region

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Continental Region

Red wines from the region of Continental Region go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal chop with mushrooms, sauerkraut of the sea in casserole or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Continental Region

On the nose the red wine of the region of Continental Region. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in red wine of Continental Region

  • 2006With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.55/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Continental Region

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Blaufränkisch
  • Merlot

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Continental Region

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

Discovering the wine region of Continental Region

Hungary/Eger/matra">Mátra is a PDO wine region in Northern Central Hungary with Vineyards dotting the lower slopes of the Mátra mountain range, Part of the North Hungarian Mountains. The region is known for its Aromatic whites and, in smaller volumes, well structured red wines. The proncipal white Grape varieties grown here are Rizlingzilváni, Chasselas, Muscat Ottonel, Olaszriesling (Welschriesling), Chardonnay, Irsay Oliver and Tramini (Traminer). Kékfrankos dominates red wine here, having usurped Kadarka.

Cabernet Sauvignon and Zweigelt also feature. Situated close to the border with Slovakia, it is the westernmost viticultural district in a group of three with Bukk and Eger. As of 2019 there were 6,012 hectares (14,856 acres) of authorized varieties growing within the PDO borders, and about 7,500ha in all. This makes Mátra the second largest PDO wine region in Hungary - behind Pannon but above Tokaj which had 5,618ha of approved vineyards in 2019.

Much of the output in Mátra is produced by large cooperative wineries such as Nagyréde. The geology of the Mátra foothills is mainly volcanic, and most of the wine produced here is white. This is something it has in common with Rangen, Alsace's Grand Cru vineyard, where a similar portfolio of aromatic white varieties grow in black basalt-rich soils. Rangen and Mátra's main town, Gyöngyös, occupy precisely the same latitude (47.

Great white wines of Continental Region

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Continental Region

White wines from the region of Continental Region go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of skate wing with caper butter, filet mignon with curry or real chocolate cake.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Continental Region

On the nose the white wine of the region of Continental Region. often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, minerality or pear.

The best vintages in white wine of Continental Region

  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.74/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Continental Region

  • Grasevina
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Continental Region

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Great sparkling wines of Continental Region

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Continental Region

Sparkling wines from the region of Continental Region go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oven-baked veal cutlets, simmered pork cheeks with cream sauce and dijon mustard or whole duck casserole with white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Continental Region

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Continental Region. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of yeast, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Continental Region

  • 2010With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.98/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Continental Region

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Blaufränkisch
  • Furmint
  • Plavac Zuti
  • Pinot Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Continental Region

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The word of the wine: Trading

Term used to designate the wine trade and related professions. Sometimes used in contrast to viticulture.

Great pink wines of Continental Region

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Continental Region

Pink wines from the region of Continental Region go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of ollada (catalonia), grilled bass with pastis and fennel or truffle with cantal and saint-nectaire cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Continental Region

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Continental Region. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or tree fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Continental Region

  • 2016With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.41/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Continental Region

  • Blaufränkisch
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grasevina
  • Merlot
  • Zweigelt

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Continental Region

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Discover the grape variety: Blauer Portugieser

Great sweet wines of Continental Region

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Continental Region

Sweet wines from the region of Continental Region go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of croque-monsieur with tuna, coconut chicken and curry or tarte tatin.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Continental Region

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Continental Region. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Continental Region

  • 2012With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.48/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Continental Region

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Riesling

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Continental Region

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

The word of the wine: Long

Wine with persistence in the mouth. This persistence in the mouth of a wine is measured in caudalies.

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