The Winery Alcorta is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Alcorta wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alcorta 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 Alcorta wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Alcorta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of daube niçoise, couscous without couscous maker or bacon and mushroom tagliatelle.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Alcorta. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, leather or black currant and sometimes also flavors of earthy, microbio or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alcorta. 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 Alcorta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, cuttlefish in parsley sauce or magic cake cheese quiche.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alcorta. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
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 ...
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Introduction of a sulphurous solution into a must or wine to protect it from accidents or diseases, or to select the ferments.
