The Winery Rio Rica of Central Valley

Winery Rio Rica
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Luis Felipe Edwards.
It is ranked in the top 5022 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Central Valley

The Winery Rio Rica is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Valley.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Central Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rio Rica wines

Looking for the best Winery Rio Rica wines in Central Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Rio Rica 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 Rio Rica wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Rio Rica

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rio Rica

How Winery Rio Rica wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), leg with a spoon or seven o'clock leg or roast duck breast or duck fillet with dried apricots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rio Rica

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rio Rica. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rio Rica. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rio Rica

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.28/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Rio Rica.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Carménère
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Central Valley

The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.

A wide variety of wine styles and quality can be found in this large area, from many different terroirs. They range from the fashionable (and relatively expensive) Bordeaux-style wines produced in northern Maipo, to the older, more-established vineyards of Maule; from the coastal plains of western Colchagua to the Andean foothills of Puente Alto. With experimentation so popular in the modern wine world, however, it is the newer, cooler-climate areas which are receiving most attention, with the emphasis on the Andean foothills and the river valleys tempered by the cooling effects of the Pacific Ocean. The Central Valley is also home to a variety of Grapes, but plantings are dominated by the internationally popular Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Chile's 'icon' grape, Carmenère, is also of importance here, just as Malbec is to Mendoza, on the other side of the Andes. The cooler corners of the Central Valley are being increasingly developed, as winemakers experiment with varieties such as Viognier, Riesling and even Gewurztraminer. Because the area covered is so large and the terrain so varied, the name 'Central Valley' on a label is unlikely to communicate anything specific about the style of wine in the bottle. Also, with a number of independently recognized sub-regions now in place (such as Colchagua and Cachapoal), most wines of any quality are able to specify their sub-region of origin rather than the Generic Central Valley.

The top white wines of Winery Rio Rica

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rio Rica

How Winery Rio Rica wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cajun jumbalaya rice, hawaiian poke bowl or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Rio Rica

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rio Rica. is a powerful.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Rio Rica.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 sweet wines of Winery Rio Rica

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Rio Rica

How Winery Rio Rica wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of butternut and goat cheese gratin, paella for dummies (simple and delicious) or risotto milanese.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Rio Rica

  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Rio Rica.

  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Rio Rica

Planning a wine route in the of Central Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Rio Rica.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Rio Rica and wines from the region

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 ...

Reserva de la Tierra labelling fraud scandal sees its day in court

A judge ordered a cumulative bail of €65 million (£56m) be set for six defendants in the case, and the court is asking for up to €25m in damages – based on information that the fraudulent scheme helped the company to generate more than €14m in net profits between 2019 and 2021 alone. The case started in late 2021 when news broke that three Denominations of Origin (DOs) in the Catalunya region – those representing Montsant, Priorat, and Terra Alta – had filed legal proceedings against the wine co ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: April 2022

Inside the April 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: South American Bordeaux blends: my top 20 Winemaking tradition informs many of South America’s top-flight reds, says Alejandro Iglesias Bordeaux 2019 in bottle Reappraising this excellent vintage, with Georgie Hindle’s selection of 27 top wines Vintage preview: southern Rhône 2020 Matt Walls’ regional round-up and pick of 40 standout wines from another hot but successful vintage South African Sauvignon Blanc: 10 top winemakers Malu Lam ...

The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

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