The Winery La Riojana is one of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in of La Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery La Riojana wines in La Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Riojana 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 La Riojana wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery La Riojana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken bonne femme, chicken drumstick with bacon or rabbit with green olives.
On the nose the red wine of Winery La Riojana. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, earth or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Riojana. is a powerful.
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.
How Winery La Riojana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of paella josé style, stuffed sea almonds with cream cheese or microwave quick fish fillets.
On the nose the white wine of Winery La Riojana. often reveals types of flavors of oak, earth or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery La Riojana. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
How Winery La Riojana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, curried coral lentils or savoy soup.
A blend of wines from different origins (not to be confused with the assemblage).
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Most certainly of Argentine origin, very well known in this country, particularly in the Rioja and Salta regions. It is said to be the result of a cross between the Muscat d'Alexandrie and the Listan Prieto Noir, also known as Criolla Chica. We can note its resemblance with the torrontés sanjuanino, most certainly by the fact that it is also resulting from the same crossing. In Spain (Galicia), a grape variety bears the name of torrontés, it is most certainly the fernao Pires. Torrontés riojano is also present in Chile, but in France it is practically unknown.
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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Mancey, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...
A blend of wines from different origins (not to be confused with the assemblage).
