The Winery Marqués de Murrieta of Rioja

Winery Marqués de Murrieta - Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Tinto
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the Marqués de Murrieta.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Marqués de Murrieta is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Marqués de Murrieta wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

How Winery Marqués de Murrieta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of flemish beer stew, doner kebab or milanese osso buco.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

On the nose the red wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta. often reveals types of flavors of iron, black fruit or rosemary and sometimes also flavors of baking spice, espresso or milk chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

  • 1934With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1954With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1942With an average score of 4.53/5
  • 1968With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta.

  • Tempranillo
  • Mazuelo
  • Graciano
  • Grenache
  • Verdejo
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 Marqués de Murrieta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

How Winery Marqués de Murrieta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with beer, melon and cucumber gazpacho or impromptu fish fillets with cream and shallots.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

On the nose the white wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, cedar or baked apple and sometimes also flavors of yeast, mango or elderflower. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

  • 2001With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1978With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.57/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.37/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta.

  • Viura
  • Malvasia
  • Garnacha Blanca
  • Marsanne

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

How Winery Marqués de Murrieta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Marqués de Murrieta. often reveals types of flavors of cream, minerality or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, savory or earth.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Marqués de Murrieta.

  • Mazuelo

The word of the wine: Bitter (flavor)

A flavour generally provided in wines by polyphenols and accompanied by a sensation of pungency. In small quantities, bitterness makes you salivate, gives relief to the wine and reinforces its sapidity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Marqués de Murrieta

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 Marqués de Murrieta.

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 Marqués de Murrieta and wines from the region

First single-vineyard Rioja sparkling wine released

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Sarah Jane Evans MW: My top 10 Spanish fine wines of 2021

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The word of the wine: Bitter (flavor)

A flavour generally provided in wines by polyphenols and accompanied by a sensation of pungency. In small quantities, bitterness makes you salivate, gives relief to the wine and reinforces its sapidity.

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