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 enchiladas franchouillards, lamb mice confit and melting carrots or sauté of veal with olives (corsica).

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 rice with seafood, hummus or cod with vanilla sauce.

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
  • 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: 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 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 braised beef with carrots, marinated lamb chops (honey, worcestershire sauce, olive oil) or pork gyros.

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

  • Viura
  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Sweet (flavor)

The flavour provided by the residual sugars naturally present in the wine as well as by certain alcohols. This sensation can range from a simple impression of smoothness to a clear sweetness. We speak of roundness, fatness and mellowness.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Consejo de la Alta

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 Winery Consejo de la Alta.

Discover the grape variety: Albarino

It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

News about Winery Consejo de la Alta and wines from the region

Proposal to grant Rioja Alavesa wineries greater autonomy withdrawn

Last week, Basque National Party (PNV) spokesperson Aitor Esteban announced the withdrawal of a bill that, if passed, would have granted Basque winemakers of the Rioja Alavesa region greater autonomy. A proposal to establish a breakout Viñedos de Álava DO for Rioja’s Basque enclave was originally launched in 2016 by the Association of Rioja Alavesa Producers (ABRA), which represents over 100 local wineries. While a number of Basque producers continue to battle for the creation of an entirely sep ...

Decanter Retailer Awards: The 2022 winners

An indispensable guide to the best wine shops, online retail, wine specialists and wine support services in the UK, the Decanter Retailer Awards 2022 winners have been partially revealed, with more results to be announced tomorrow, 28th September. Challenges are simply part of the landscape for retailers these days, but there are those who are rising to these challenges in style. The UK wine retail scene has undergone huge changes in the last five years, and our evolving categories aim to reflec ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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 ...

The word of the wine: Sweet (flavor)

The flavour provided by the residual sugars naturally present in the wine as well as by certain alcohols. This sensation can range from a simple impression of smoothness to a clear sweetness. We speak of roundness, fatness and mellowness.

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