The Winery Famatina is one of the best wineries to follow in La Rioja.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of La Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Famatina wines in La Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Famatina 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 Famatina wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Famatina wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, vegetarian or aperitif such as recipes of sheep's feet with mountain honey, goat cheese and bacon quiche or tuna, tomato and olive cake.
La Rioja is a wine region in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in western Argentina, North of Mendoza and San Juan. Unlike its Spanish namesake, it has traditionally been associated most closely with white wines.
The mountainous Terroir of the region is particularly suited to the Torrontés Riojano variety, which produces Fruity, Soft, Aromatic whites. Bonarda, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec can also be found growing throughout the region.
Locals argue that La Rioja was one of the first Argentinian regions to have vines Planted in it, and Spanish settlers in the late 16th Century are widely credited with being the first to plant grapes here. La Rioja was named for the northern Spanish region by Juan Ramirez de Velasco, a native of the latter.
This has caused some animosity between the two regions. In 2011, the Argentinian province won a court case allowing it to continue to label its wines as 'La Rioja Argentina'.
Vineyard conditions in La Rioja
La Rioja's position in the rain shadow of the Andes range means that wine-producing areas are strictly governed by access to water. As a result, vineyard distribution is scattered.
There is a single main production area in the Famatina Valley, which sits in the mesoclimate formed by the Sierra de Velasco and the Sierra de Famatina mountain ranges. Some small vineyard areas can also be found around the towns of Nonogasta and Villa Union.
Planning a wine route in the of La Rioja? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Famatina.
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