The Bodegas Olarra of Rioja

Bodegas Olarra
The winery offers 93 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Grupo Bodegas Olarra.
It is ranked in the top 181 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Bodegas Olarra is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 93 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Bodegas Olarra wines

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

The top red wines of Bodegas Olarra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Bodegas Olarra

How Bodegas Olarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of romazava (madagascar), oven-baked lamb stew or pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Bodegas Olarra

On the nose the red wine of Bodegas Olarra. often reveals types of flavors of cream, red cherry or clove and sometimes also flavors of mushroom, sour cherry or eucalyptus. In the mouth the red wine of Bodegas Olarra. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Bodegas Olarra

  • 1982With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 1975With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.76/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Bodegas Olarra.

  • Tempranillo
  • Mazuelo
  • Graciano
  • Garnacha
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Tinta del Pais

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 Bodegas Olarra

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Bodegas Olarra

How Bodegas Olarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, baeckeoffe with fish or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Bodegas Olarra

On the nose the white wine of Bodegas Olarra. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, lemon or pear and sometimes also flavors of honey, melon or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Bodegas Olarra. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Bodegas Olarra

  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.42/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Bodegas Olarra.

  • Verdejo
  • Viura
  • Airen
  • Tempranillo Blanco
  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo Blanco

The top pink wines of Bodegas Olarra

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Bodegas Olarra

How Bodegas Olarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of chinese fondue, pasta with merguez or kig ha farz (breton stew).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Bodegas Olarra

  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Bodegas Olarra.

  • Tempranillo
  • Mazuelo
  • Viura
  • Garnacha
  • Graciano

The word of the wine: Rosé de saignée

A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.

The top sparkling wines of Bodegas Olarra

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Bodegas Olarra

How Bodegas Olarra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of marinated shrimp sautéed asian style, verrine of beetroot and lump roe or cod with green onion.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Bodegas Olarra.

  • 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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Bodegas Olarra

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 Bodegas Olarra.

Discover the grape variety: Viura

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The word of the wine: Rosé de saignée

A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.

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