The Winery Contino is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Contino wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Contino 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 Contino wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Contino wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef with mustard, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or lamb confit with new potatoes.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Contino. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Contino. 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).
How Winery Contino wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of spanish paella, seaweed tartar or fish with spices and orange juice.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Contino. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak, vegetal or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Contino. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
How Winery Contino wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), lamb stew or cantonese rice.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Contino. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
A tender wine with little tannin.
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 Contino.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in 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 to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
