The best wines of Wales

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

Top wines of Wales by region

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

Great red wines of Wales

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Wales

Red wines from the region of Wales go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of bites of cheese, turkey roulades, flavoured sauce or duck confit (canned).

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Wales

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

The best vintages in red wine of Wales

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.26/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Wales

  • Rondo
  • Regent
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Wales

Wine region of Wales (PDO Welsh Wine, 50+ vineyards, latitude >49. 9°N), cool oceanic climate tempered by the Gulf Stream, clay soils (Vale of Glamorgan leads in the south). Signature Bacchus white: aromatic and vivid with citrus, elderflower, fresh-cut grass and white flowers, tense acidity — the insular equivalent of Sauvignon. Mineral Seyval Blanc, full Solaris and floral Müller-Thurgau as whites.

Light Pinot Noir and Rondo in reds; fine sparkling wines.

Great white wines of Wales

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Wales

White wines from the region of Wales go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of spaghetti squash with cream and bacon, raw salmon marinade with vinegars or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Wales

On the nose the white wine of the region of Wales. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

The best vintages in white wine of Wales

  • 2017With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2019With an average score of 2.90/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Wales

  • Solaris
  • Seyval Blanc
  • Phoenix
  • Bacchus
  • Madeleine Angevine
  • Siegerrebe

Discover the grape variety: Rondo

Colourful, fruity reds with a dense purple robe, supple tannins and fresh acidity. Aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, blackcurrant and spicy notes. Round palate, best drunk young. A very early-ripening, cold-hardy interspecific variety (to -25 °C), it drives northern viticulture in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Poland. German hybrid created in 1964 at Geilweilerhof (Vitis amurensis × Saint-Laurent, descended from Zarya Severa).

Great sparkling wines of Wales

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Wales

Sparkling wines from the region of Wales go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of jambalaya (louisiana), delicious moroccan fritters or blanquette of monkfish and scallops.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Wales

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Wales. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of the region of Wales. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Wales

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.73/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Wales

  • Seyval Blanc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Triomphe
  • Chardonnay
  • Regent
  • Rondo

The word of the wine: Runoff

Failure of the vine flower to fertilize at the time of flowering, when the weather is too cold or rainy. Under these conditions, the vine will have few or no clusters.

Great pink wines of Wales

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Wales

Pink wines from the region of Wales go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal fillet stroganoff, paupiettes with tomato sauce or rabbit with cream sauce anne's way.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Wales

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Wales. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Wales

  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Wales

  • Pinot Noir
  • Rondo

Discover the grape variety: Albarino

Lively, aromatic whites with sharp acidity and a sleek palate, with intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and characteristic Atlantic saline-iodine notes. Tonic and long finish. Absolute star of Rías Baixas DO in Galicia (Spain) and signature of Portuguese Vinho Verde as Alvarinho (Monção e Melgaço). Native Iberian variety, exported to Uruguay, California and New Zealand.

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