The Winery Criterion of Rioja

Winery Criterion
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the WX.
It is ranked in the top 301 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Criterion is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Criterion wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Criterion

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Criterion

How Winery Criterion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, pasta with 4 cheese sauce or lamb biryani.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Criterion

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Criterion

  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.71/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Nebbiolo
  • Gamay
  • Sangiovese
  • Carménère

Discovering the wine region of Rioja

Star of great Spanish reds: signature Tempranillo, elegant and complex, with notes of ripe cherry, plum, leather, vanilla and tobacco from American oak ageing. Classification by age: fruity Joven, balanced Crianza, ample Reserva, deep, silky Gran Reserva (5 years, 2 in barrel). Some fresh Viura whites and generous rosés. Spain's first DOCa (1991), 3 sub-zones (Alta, Alavesa, Oriental), 93.

5% red vineyard along the Ebro. Benchmark age-worthy wines.

The top white wines of Winery Criterion

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Criterion

How Winery Criterion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of italian pasta, chinchards with white wine and grapes or mussels with chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Criterion

On the nose the white wine of Winery Criterion. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or butter. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Criterion. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Criterion

  • 2019With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Grigio

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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Discover the grape variety: Carmenère

Velvety, deep reds with a dark robe and round tannins, showing aromas of blackberry, plum, ripe red pepper, dark chocolate, coffee and gentle spice. Warm, supple finish. Absolute star of Chile (Colchagua, Cachapoal, Maipo) where it was rediscovered in 1994, long confused with Merlot. A historic Bordeaux variety that nearly vanished after phylloxera, a cross of Cabernet Franc × Gros Cabernet.

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