The Winery Murua of Rioja

Winery Murua - Rioja
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Masaveu Bodegas.
It is ranked in the top 127 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

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

Top Winery Murua wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Murua

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Murua

How Winery Murua wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of flemish beer stew, tajine of beef balls and merguez or pljeskavica (balkan hamburger).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Murua

On the nose the red wine of Winery Murua. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or licorice and sometimes also flavors of cream, dried fruit or balsamic. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Murua. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Murua

  • 2001With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.07/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Graciano
  • Mazuelo

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 Murua

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Murua

How Winery Murua wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of chinese fondue, lebanese hummus or fish soup.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Murua

On the nose the white wine of Winery Murua. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Murua. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Murua

  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Malvasia
  • Viura
  • Garnacha Blanca
  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Argant

An ancient grape variety cultivated in Franche-Comté that has now almost disappeared. It was also found in Germany, Austria, Spain, etc. Genetic analyses show it to be related to Caesar. It should not be confused with bruneau noir, which has the synonym argant.

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Discover the grape variety: Araignan

Araignan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (south of France). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Araignan blanc is found in the vineyards of Provence and Corsica.

News about Winery Murua and wines from the region

Família Torres establishes new base in Galicia

Torres is best known for producing wines across Spanish regions including Catalunya, Rioja and Ribera del Duero. It also has an international presence with Miguel Torres in Chile and Marimar in Sonoma, California, but for more than a decade it has been producing wines in Galicia too. This aspect of its portfolio started with the purchase of a 6ha vineyard in the Salnés subregion, producing the upmarket wine Blanco Granito based on Rías Baixas’ star variety, Albariño. The wine is made from a uniq ...

DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

In November of 2021, Spain’s DO Penedès announced a massive overhaul of their bylaws with many changes aimed at re-orienting the region via a “10-year plan”. One of the key aspects was a new classification system for the estates of the region called, “Vi de Mas”, the first five of which have just been certified. While most wine regions looking to implement a system use the so-called “Burgundian Pyramid” as a structure, Penedès took a different approach that merged some of the Burgundian sy ...

Errazuriz wine photographer of the year revealed

Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...

The word of the wine: Friendly

Said of a wine whose aspects are pleasant and not too marked.

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