The Winery Rio Sol is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 35 wines for sale in of Vale do São Francisco to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Rio Sol wines in Vale do São Francisco among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Rio Sol 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 Rio Sol wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Rio Sol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, lamb parmentine with eggplant and spices or keftas tajine with eggs.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Rio Sol. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rio Sol. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The Vale do São Francisco ("Valley of Saint Francis") is a river valley in the state of Bahia, eastern Brazil. The most remarkable thing about the valley as a wine region is its equatorial latitude, just 9°S. This places it only 1000 kilometers (625 miles) South of the Equator, and 2400km (1500 miles) North of Brazil's core winelands in Rio Grande do Sul. The Climate here is classified as semi-arid tropical.
It is hot and Dry, with just 600 millimeters (24 inches) of rain per year.
At first glance, the Vale do São Francisco seems to entirely disprove the idea of the "wine belt", the band of latitudes in which effective viniculture is thought practicable. In the southern hemisphere, the wine belt encircles the globe between 30°S and 45°S. But in fact it is more of an exception that proves the rule; the Vines are entirely reliant on irrigation from the São Francisco River, and their productivity cycles are dependent on human intervention rather than natural seasonal influences.
It can hardly be said that this is a "natural" place to grow Grapes and make wine.
The grapes grown in this tropical environment are rarely, if ever, of fine-wine quality. But what they lack in quality they make up for in quantity; many vineyards here produce two annual vintages rather than one. Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon lead the red wine grape varieties, and Muscat is also cultivated here, often to make Sparkling wines.
How Winery Rio Sol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of tartiflette (from a real savoyard), bacalhau com natas or brochette of scallops and prawns.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Rio Sol. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Rio Sol. is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
How Winery Rio Sol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of sauté of pork with cider, rabbit with mustard in foil or blanquette of monkfish and scallops.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Rio Sol. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
Synonymous with acescence.
How Winery Rio Sol wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), trapper's barbecue or spanish paella.
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.
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It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
