The Winery Belje of Continental Region

Winery Belje - Pinot Crni
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Continental Region.
It is located in Continental Region

The Winery Belje is one of the world's great estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Continental Region to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Belje wines

Looking for the best Winery Belje wines in Continental Region among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Belje wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Belje wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Belje

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Belje

How Winery Belje wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork shank stew, cassoulet of yesteryear or lamb chops marinated with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Belje

On the nose the red wine of Winery Belje. 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 the red wines of Winery Belje

  • 2009With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Belje.

  • Merlot
  • Blaufränkisch
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top white wines of Winery Belje

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Belje

How Winery Belje wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat, smoked salmon pasta gratin or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Belje

On the nose the white wine of Winery Belje. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, hay or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of floral, citrus fruit or spices.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Belje

  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.39/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Belje.

  • Grasevina
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Belje

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Belje

How Winery Belje wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Belje

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Belje. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Belje

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Belje.

  • Grasevina

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Belje

Planning a wine route in the of Continental Region? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Belje.

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.

News about Winery Belje and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Roussette

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