The Winery El Meson of Rioja

Winery El Meson
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 283 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery El Meson is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery El Meson wines

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

The top red wines of Winery El Meson

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery El Meson

How Winery El Meson wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of cornish pasties, navarin of lamb or roast veal with black olives.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery El Meson

On the nose the red wine of Winery El Meson. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, vanilla or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery El Meson. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery El Meson

  • 2001With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.82/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery El Meson.

  • Tempranillo
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 El Meson

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery El Meson

How Winery El Meson wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cuttlefish rust, goat's cheese sandwich with honey or american-style monkfish.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery El Meson

On the nose the white wine of Winery El Meson. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery El Meson. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery El Meson

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery El Meson.

  • Viura

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 El Meson

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery El Meson

How Winery El Meson wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of greek moussaka, leg of lamb in butterfly (barbecue) or baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery El Meson

On the nose the pink wine of Winery El Meson. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery El Meson

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery El Meson.

  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Balance

Harmony of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. The balance is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery El Meson

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 El Meson.

Discover the grape variety: Vidoc

A wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. The parents of Artaban are the same. Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

News about Winery El Meson and wines from the region

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Redbreast Dream Cask

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The word of the wine: Balance

Harmony of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. The balance is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.

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