The Bodegas Las Orcas of Rioja

Bodegas Las Orcas
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 889 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Bodegas Las Orcas is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Bodegas Las Orcas wines

Looking for the best Bodegas Las Orcas wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Bodegas Las Orcas 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 Bodegas Las Orcas wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Bodegas Las Orcas

How Bodegas Las Orcas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary or veal curry.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

On the nose the red wine of Bodegas Las Orcas. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Bodegas Las Orcas. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Bodegas Las Orcas.

  • 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 Bodegas Las Orcas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Bodegas Las Orcas

How Bodegas Las Orcas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of shrimp marinade, parmesan and poppy seed tuiles (5th meeting) or quick and easy thai fish papillote.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

On the nose the white wine of Bodegas Las Orcas. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Bodegas Las Orcas.

  • Viura

Discover the grape variety: Viura

The top pink wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Bodegas Las Orcas

How Bodegas Las Orcas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of chinese fondue or beaufort pie.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

On the nose the pink wine of Bodegas Las Orcas. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Bodegas Las Orcas

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Bodegas Las Orcas.

  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Stirring

In the traditional method, the operation aims to bring the deposits against the cork by the movement of the bottles placed on desks. The stirring can be manual or mechanical (using gyropalettes).

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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 Bodegas Las Orcas.

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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