The Winery Consejo de la Alta of Rioja

Winery Consejo de la Alta
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 577 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Consejo de la Alta is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Consejo de la Alta wines

Looking for the best Winery Consejo de la Alta wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Consejo de la Alta 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 Consejo de la Alta wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Consejo de la Alta

How Winery Consejo de la Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef miroton, irish stew or veal tagine with carrots and dried apricots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

On the nose the red wine of Winery Consejo de la Alta. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, plum or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Consejo de la Alta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

  • 2006With an average score of 4.34/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.69/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta.

  • Tempranillo
  • Viura

Discovering the wine region of Rioja

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).

The top white wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Consejo de la Alta

How Winery Consejo de la Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of chinese noodles with shrimp, cheese gougères or cod and potato gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Consejo de la Alta. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta.

  • Viura
  • Chardonnay
  • Albariño

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

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 top pink wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Consejo de la Alta

How Winery Consejo de la Alta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or boeuf en daube.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta

  • 0With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Consejo de la Alta.

  • Viura
  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)

A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.

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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.

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