The best wines of Lower Volga

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

Top wines of Lower Volga by region

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

Great red wines of Lower Volga

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Lower Volga

Red wines from the region of Lower Volga go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a foie gras and chanterelle crust, sweet and sour braised leg of lamb or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Lower Volga

On the nose the red wine of the region of Lower Volga. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak.

The best vintages in red wine of Lower Volga

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.67/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Lower Volga

  • Merlot
  • Krasnostop Zolotovsky
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tsimlyansky Cherny
  • Kefessiya
  • Saperavi Severny

Discovering the wine region of Lower Volga

Russian vineyard along the lower Volga (from the Caspian delta to Volgograd), harsh continental climate requiring winter earthing-up of vines, sandy and loamy soils. Rkatsiteli (imported from Georgia, >1/3 of plantings) is the signature white: dry and crisp with citrus, green apple, white flowers, herbs and a mineral edge, taut acidity. Aligoté and Riesling also produced. Cold-resistant hybrids planted widely.

Historic specialty: sparkling wines and Soviet-era sweet wines.

Great white wines of Lower Volga

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Lower Volga

White wines from the region of Lower Volga go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or venison leg marinated in white wine and grand marnier.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Lower Volga

On the nose the white wine of the region of Lower Volga. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal.

The best vintages in white wine of Lower Volga

  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.46/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Lower Volga

  • Riesling
  • Sibirkovi
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Rkatsiteli
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Rión

Discover the grape variety: Saperavi

Deeply coloured, powerful reds with inky robe (teinturier grape with red flesh) and tight tannins, with intense aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, black plum, spices, leather and balsamic notes. High acidity and fine ageing potential. Often made by the ancestral qvevri method (buried clay jar), it signs the great Georgian reds of Kakheti (Mukuzani, Kvareli, Napareuli). Also in Russia, Ukraine and Australia. Ancient Georgian variety.

Great sparkling wines of Lower Volga

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Lower Volga

Sparkling wines from the region of Lower Volga go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of valencian paella, twists with anchovies or fish paella.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Lower Volga

  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Lower Volga

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Ice wine

Sweet wine obtained by pressing frozen berries harvested in the middle of winter.

Great pink wines of Lower Volga

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Lower Volga

Pink wines from the region of Lower Volga go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in pink wine of Lower Volga

  • 2020With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.65/5

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

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