The Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga of Rioja

Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga - Pintoresco Tempranillo
The winery offers 49 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Bodega Manzanos.
It is ranked in the top 1610 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 49 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

How Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or veal shank in a pot au feu with star anise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

  • 2007With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.34/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga.

  • Tempranillo
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Garnacha
  • Graciano
  • Merlot

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 Luis Gurpegui Muga

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

How Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of currywurst, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

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The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga.

  • Viura
  • Chardonnay

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 pink wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

How Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of fondue with broth, fried vegetables with merguez and chipo or baeckeoffe.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Luis Gurpegui Muga.

  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Consistency

In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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The word of the wine: Consistency

In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.

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