The Bodegas Loa is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Bodegas Loa wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Bodegas Loa 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 Bodegas Loa wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Bodegas Loa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez) or veal tagine with preserved lemons and saffron.
On the nose the red wine of Bodegas Loa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Bodegas Loa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Rioja, in northern Spain, is best known for its berry-flavored, barrel-aged red wines made from Tempranillo and Garnacha. It is probably the leading wine region in Spain. It is certainly the most famous, rivaling only Jerez. The Vineyards follow the course of the Ebro for a hundred kilometres between the towns of Haro and Alfaro.
Besides Tempranillo and Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo (Carignan) are also used in Rioja's red wines. Some wineries, notably Marqués de Riscal, use small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon. White grapes are planted much less. In 2017, the vineyard area was recorded at 64,215 hectares (158,679 acres).
Planning a wine route in the of Rioja? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Bodegas Loa.
A very old vine, said to have originated in Greece. It is found in Spain, including the Canary Islands, in Portugal, including Madeira, in Croatia, etc., and is virtually unknown in France. It should be noted that many varieties have the synonym "malvasia" and therefore confusion between them is always possible, such as vermentino or tourbat with the Malvasia of Lipari, whose grapes are however quite different. - Synonyms: malvasia fina, malvasia de Sitges, malvasia grossa, malvasio dubrovcka, greco di Gerace (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!)
