The Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia of Rioja

Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 31 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia wines

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

The top red wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

How Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, greek-style shepherd's pie or atriaux en sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

On the nose the red wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dried herbs or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

  • 1983With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1975With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1984With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1980With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1973With an average score of 4.45/5
  • 1981With an average score of 4.42/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia.

  • Garnacha
  • Tempranillo
  • Mazuelo
  • Graciano

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 R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

How Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of aïoli, lili's gressins or fillet of dab in bordelaise sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

On the nose the white wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, red fruit or lemon curd and sometimes also flavors of marmalade, yellow plum or lanolin. In the mouth the white wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

  • 1964With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1973With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1981With an average score of 4.48/5
  • 1976With an average score of 4.46/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.37/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia.

  • Viura
  • Malvasia

Discover the grape variety: Malvasia

The top pink wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

How Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of boeuf en daube, couscous of meat and fish or sauté of pork with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

On the nose the pink wine of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia.

  • Tempranillo
  • Viura
  • Garnacha

The word of the wine: Picpoul

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia

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 R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia.

Discover the grape variety: Graciano

News about Winery R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia and wines from the region

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation seen by Laurent Lignier

Laurent Lignier from Domaine Hubert Lignier and Président of the winegrowers union, mentions the great diversity in the expression of the Morey-Saint-DenisPremier Cru wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​ ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

The word of the wine: Picpoul

See piquepoul.

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