The Winery Marqués del Cerro of Rioja

Winery Marqués del Cerro
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 1611 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Marqués del Cerro is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Marqués del Cerro wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Marqués del Cerro

How Winery Marqués del Cerro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of spaghetti with squid ink (italy), macaroons foie gras / figs or pollock with mustard.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.30/5

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 red wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Marqués del Cerro

How Winery Marqués del Cerro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of korean bibimbap, sweet and sour braised leg of lamb or sauté of veal with carrots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.28/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro.

  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Molette

Molette blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Savoie). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. The Molette blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

The top pink wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Marqués del Cerro

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Marqués del Cerro

  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5

The word of the wine: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.

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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 Winery Marqués del Cerro.

Discover the grape variety: Superior seedless

This variety was obtained in 1972 in the United States by Superior Farming Co. by crossing the cardinal with an unnamed apyrene variety. Superior seedless is present in Italy (Puglia), Spain, Morocco, Argentina and the United States (California, etc.).

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