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 bigos (polish sauerkraut with paprika), gloom and doom or duck breast in foil (barbecue).

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
  • 2013With an average score of 3.54/5

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 vitello tonnato, chicken pie 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, tree fruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, spices or non oak.

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: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

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 chicken and sausage stew with carrots, soft and inexpensive pasta gratin or autumn duck aiguillette.

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, earth or microbio.

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

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Continental Region

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

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

The word of the wine: Yeast

Micro-organisms at the base of all fermentative processes. A wide variety of yeasts live and thrive naturally in the vineyard, provided that treatments do not destroy them. Unfortunately, their replacement by laboratory-selected yeasts is often the order of the day and contributes to the standardization of the wine. Yeasts are indeed involved in the development of certain aromas.

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 banh mi sandwich, tunisian sandwich or breton cake with buckwheat flour.

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
  • 2018With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.40/5

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

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: Grasevina

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 salmon carpaccio with pink berries and shallots, loubia or grandma's 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
  • 2010With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.35/5

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: Botrytis

Fungus that causes grape rot.

News from the vineyard of Continental Region

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The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

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