The Winery Maria de la Vara of Rioja

Winery Maria de la Vara - Blanco Joven
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 5625 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Maria de la Vara is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Maria de la Vara wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Maria de la Vara

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Maria de la Vara

How Winery Maria de la Vara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of creamy risotto with scallops, prunes with bacon or cod gratin paolita style.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Maria de la Vara.

  • Macabeo

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 sparkling wines of Winery Maria de la Vara

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Maria de la Vara

How Winery Maria de la Vara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of baeckeoffe with fish, gougèress or cod fillets with lemon sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Maria de la Vara.

  • Macabeo
  • Xarel-lo
  • Parellada

Discover the grape variety: Parellada

The white Parellada is a grape variety that originated in France (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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. The white Parellada can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, South West.

The top red wines of Winery Maria de la Vara

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Maria de la Vara

How Winery Maria de la Vara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of pot roast, languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with... or pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Maria de la Vara

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Maria de la Vara. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Maria de la Vara

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Maria de la Vara.

  • Tempranillo
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Biodynamic (agriculture)

Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Maria de la Vara

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 Maria de la Vara.

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.

News about Winery Maria de la Vara and wines from the region

Burgundy: MSc course in sustainable wine tourism launches

Prospective students from around the world can apply for the new MSc course in sustainable wine tourism and gastronomy, beginning in the 2022 academic year, said the School of Wine & Spirits Business. Based in Dijon, a short distance from the heart of the Côte d’Or’s famous vineyards, the institution is part of the Burgundy School of Business (BSB). It said the MSc in sustainable wine tourism and gastronomy will be taught in English and reflects ‘strong demand from companies for ...

DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

In November of 2021, Spain’s DO Penedès announced a massive overhaul of their bylaws with many changes aimed at re-orienting the region via a “10-year plan”. One of the key aspects was a new classification system for the estates of the region called, “Vi de Mas”, the first five of which have just been certified. While most wine regions looking to implement a system use the so-called “Burgundian Pyramid” as a structure, Penedès took a different approach that merged some of the Burgundian sy ...

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

Many wine styles can seem perplexing at first: imagine the first bottle of Barolo if you only know Barossa Shiraz, or the first bottle of Jura Savagnin if you were brought up on California Chardonnay. With time, thought and repeated tasting, though, comes understanding. You learn each wine’s syntax and lexicon, its hints and inferences. You grasp the ways in which each style communicates. Its beauty dawns, then grows. Rosé wine sales grew 23% worldwide between 2002 and 2019. Its fuel has come fr ...

The word of the wine: Biodynamic (agriculture)

Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.

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