The Winery García de Olano of Rioja

Winery García de Olano - Maule&oacuten Reserva
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 652 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery García de Olano is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery García de Olano wines

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

The top red wines of Winery García de Olano

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery García de Olano

How Winery García de Olano wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of cornish pasties, kapama of lamb (traditional bosnian dish) or casserons in the country style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery García de Olano

On the nose the red wine of Winery García de Olano. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery García de Olano. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery García de Olano

  • 2008With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery García de Olano.

  • Tempranillo
  • Graciano

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 García de Olano

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery García de Olano

How Winery García de Olano wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with cream supers, tapenade with green olives or creole fish court-bouillon.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery García de Olano

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery García de Olano.

  • Viura
  • Verdejo

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

News about Winery García de Olano and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’

A domaine’s long history hoists its inanimate wines into life; biography brings meaning to the simple sensual pleasure of tasting a grower’s efforts. It’s important, though, to know what we are doing when we tell stories. And to know what to tell them about. Winemakers take the messy chaos of natural processes and add discipline, giving shape and direction to produce a stable and enticing wine. This was never nature’s intent. The storyteller takes a messy chaos of random events, either imagined ...

DO Penedès: new rules and aiming for Spanish wine’s top-tier

On 16 November 2021, the Denomination of Origin Penedès in Catalunya (DO Penedès) announced an extensive roadmap up to 2030, taking into account sustainability and establishing the region as a high-quality wine producer in Spain. Most immediately, all grapes for DO Penedès wines must be from fully-certified organic vineyards by 2025. While it’s an aggressive timeline, DO Penedès president Joan Huguet told Decanter, ‘Currently around 60% of the vineyards are already certified and our ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Sapid

Said of a wine rich in flavours.

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