The Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra 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 Castillo de Sajazarra wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of barbecued lobster, mini burgers or back of cod in foil.
In the mouth the white wine of Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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).
How Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, traditional tunisian couscous or veal colombo.
On the nose the red wine of Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
How Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of oxtail and carrot stew, shish kebab or ollada (catalonia).
Champagne made from black grapes (pinot noir and/or meunier) only.
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The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
The lengthy process arriving to this point has been rife with controversy as this new DO overlaps with what has since 1998 been the named Rioja Alavesa subzone within the greater DOCa Rioja. This subzone has been part of DOCa Rioja, regarded as Spain’s pioneering denomination of origin, since its original creation as a DO nearly a century ago in 1925. The core of the issue is that nearly all of DOCa Rioja falls administratively within the Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja, with the exception ...
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
An electronic dart was tossed at us recently by Decanter reader Tim Frances from Kent. It landed on the screen of our magazine editor Amy Wislocki; Amy lobbed it across the virtual room to me, suggesting a column-length reply. ‘Here’s a poser,’ Tim began. ‘How do your experts grade a wine that they find intellectually well made, but that they truly madly deeply dislike? I’ve tasted wines I can admire dispassionately, but would stab my feet with forks rather than drink them. Must be a conundrum f ...
Champagne made from black grapes (pinot noir and/or meunier) only.
