The Winery San Millan of Rioja

Winery San Millan
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Codorníu Raventós.
It is ranked in the top 2624 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery San Millan is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery San Millan wines

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

The top red wines of Winery San Millan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery San Millan

How Winery San Millan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, roast lamb with thyme or veal cutlets with cream sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery San Millan

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery San Millan

  • 2010With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.26/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.23/5

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

  • 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 pink wines of Winery San Millan

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery San Millan

How Winery San Millan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of hungarian goulash, lamb tagine with dried fruits or zucchini lasagna.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tempranillo

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 white wines of Winery San Millan

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery San Millan

How Winery San Millan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of baked pork chops, fish shells or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery San Millan

On the nose the white wine of Winery San Millan. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery San Millan. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery San Millan

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Verdejo

The word of the wine: Harvesting and handling

In Champagne, a winegrower who makes his own vintages exclusively from grapes grown on his own property.

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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 San Millan.

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

News about Winery San Millan and wines from the region

La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals

Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...

Sarah Jane Evans MW: My top 10 Spanish fine wines of 2021

In a year when travel was almost impossible, wine has been a fine companion. In terms of varieties I have been drinking a vinous A to Z: everything from Albillo (Cebreros) to Zibibbo (Pantelleria, Italy). Specifically I have been enjoying Cariñena from Priorat and Rioja, plus Garnachas – white, red and hairy – from Terra Alta, Rioja and Gredos, as well as Greek Xinomavro from Naoussa and Xarel.lo from Catalunya. Scroll down for Sarah Jane Evans MW’s top 10 wines of 2021 Not forgetting Menc ...

What the Decanter team is drinking this Christmas

Tina Gellie, Content Manager and Regional Editor (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand & Canada) It was a big year of Decanter travel for me, heading to Napa and New York in June, South Africa in October and most recently a week each in Margaret River and South Australia. These trips have formed the basis of my festive selections. Christmas lunch on North Stradbroke Island (reunited with my family after four years, no thanks to Covid) always starts with oysters, followed by a bucket of prawn ...

The word of the wine: Harvesting and handling

In Champagne, a winegrower who makes his own vintages exclusively from grapes grown on his own property.

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