The Winery Obalo of Rioja

Winery Obalo - Reserva Rioja
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 307 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Obalo is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Obalo wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Obalo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Obalo

How Winery Obalo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, caramelized lamb mice or roast veal orloff with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Obalo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Obalo. often reveals types of flavors of cream, butter or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Obalo. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Obalo

  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.73/5

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

  • Tempranillo

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 Obalo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Obalo

How Winery Obalo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops in coral sauce, tempura of vegetables and quick or quick and easy thai fish papillote.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Obalo

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Obalo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Obalo

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Viura

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 Obalo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Obalo

How Winery Obalo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, rack of lamb with herbs or tartiflette (from a real savoyard).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Obalo

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Obalo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Obalo

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Obalo.

  • Garnacha Tinta
  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Liqueur wine

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Obalo

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 Obalo.

Discover the grape variety: Chaouch

The certain origin is not known. We can simply say that this variety was once widely cultivated in Turkey, it is still found in Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Dalmatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, North Africa, ... in France it is almost unknown except for some amateur gardeners. Note that it can sometimes be confused with the Beirut date palm, they have the same two synonyms rozaki and afuz ali.

News about Winery Obalo and wines from the region

Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

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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 ...

The word of the wine: Liqueur wine

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.

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