The Winery Lagar de Cayo of Rioja

Winery Lagar de Cayo - Blanco
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2160 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Lagar de Cayo is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lagar de Cayo wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lagar de Cayo

How Winery Lagar de Cayo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, pasta salmon - fresh cream or mussels with rosemary and barbecue.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.77/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viura
  • Verdejo
  • Tempranillo Blanco

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 pink wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Lagar de Cayo

How Winery Lagar de Cayo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of boeuf en daube, lamb tagine with honey and onions or lentils and morteau sausages.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo.

  • Garnacha
  • Tempranillo

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.

The top red wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lagar de Cayo

How Winery Lagar de Cayo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of lomo saltado, lamb chops à la champvallon or saltimbocca alla romana.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo

  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Lagar de Cayo.

  • Tempranillo
  • Garnacha

The word of the wine: Left bank

In Bordeaux, refers to the vineyards located on the left bank of the Gironde, where the dominant grape variety is Cabernet Sauvignon. These are the Medoc, Haut-Médoc, Pessac-Leognan, Graves, etc. appellations.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lagar de Cayo

Planning a wine route in the of Rioja? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Lagar de Cayo.

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 Lagar de Cayo and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: August 2022

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First single-vineyard Rioja sparkling wine released

It had been possible to produce sparkling wines in Rioja, certified as DO Cava, since the creation of Spain’s main sparkling wine entity. But this fact was often unknown to consumers given that 95% of Cava is produced in the Catalunya region. The area for production of Cava in Rioja is however limited to only 18 of the nearly 150 municipalities within the entire DO zone. In a bid to better show point of origin, the new subzone labelling of Cava that was approved in 2021 now refers to the p ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

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The word of the wine: Left bank

In Bordeaux, refers to the vineyards located on the left bank of the Gironde, where the dominant grape variety is Cabernet Sauvignon. These are the Medoc, Haut-Médoc, Pessac-Leognan, Graves, etc. appellations.

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