The Winery Launa of Rioja

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The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 637 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Launa is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Launa wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Launa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Launa

How Winery Launa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, merguez with lentils or veal tagine with artichokes and lemons.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Launa

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Launa

  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.73/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Launa.

  • Tempranillo
  • Mazuelo
  • Graciano
  • Pinot Noir

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 Launa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Launa

How Winery Launa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mouclade, black tapenade or cod fillet in foil.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Launa

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Launa.

  • Viura
  • Chardonnay
  • Malvasia

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Launa

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 Launa.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Launa and wines from the region

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

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 ...

Decanter Editor-in-Chief’s New York Fine Wine Encounter top tips

There are going to be some utterly splendid wines to taste at our New York Fine Wine Encounter – many of the world’s grandest winemakers have brought some of their very best bottles to our event, knowing their hard work and talent will be appreciated by a discerning audience.  My team of experts have picked out a great selection of their personal favourites from the wines on offer, and for their superbly detailed analysis and opinion, you should read the pieces and the picks from Georgie Hindle, ...

The word of the wine: Pinot meunier

Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.

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