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 calf sweetbread with mushrooms, roast pork with mustard and honey or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

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 salmon steaks with lentils, monkfish armorican style or grandma's cherry clafoutis.

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

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 white wine of Continental Region.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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 simple and fragrant roast veal, sausages with kale or duck aiguillettes.

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: Decanting

Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.

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 the tartiflette wrap, salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or croque monsieur with 4 cheeses.

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 tree fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Continental Region

  • 2016With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.44/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Continental Region

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

The best wineries and winemakers for pink 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 pink wine of Continental Region.

Discover the grape variety: Blaufränkisch

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 pasta with tuna, crab matoutou or express cherry clafoutis.

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: Gravelle

Term designating the deposit of tartar crystals in bottled white wines.

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