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.
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.
How Winery Criterion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef kidney, farfalle with gorgonzola or risotto of penne with chorizo and merguez.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Criterion. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of pepper, chocolate or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Criterion. 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 Criterion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of quiche with mixed vegetables, tuna and goat cheese pie or mussels with cream.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Criterion. often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, vanilla or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Criterion. is a with a nice freshness.
A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.
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Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
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Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.
