The Winery Santalba of Rioja

Winery Santalba
The winery offers 49 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 107 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Santalba is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 49 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Santalba wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Santalba

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Santalba

How Winery Santalba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, lamb chops with spanish sauce or beef bourguignon with cookéo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Santalba

On the nose the red wine of Winery Santalba. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, raspberry or chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Santalba. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Santalba

  • 2004With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.84/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Garnacha
  • Carignan
  • Grenache

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Star of great Spanish reds: signature Tempranillo, elegant and complex, with notes of ripe cherry, plum, leather, vanilla and tobacco from American oak ageing. Classification by age: fruity Joven, balanced Crianza, ample Reserva, deep, silky Gran Reserva (5 years, 2 in barrel). Some fresh Viura whites and generous rosés. Spain's first DOCa (1991), 3 sub-zones (Alta, Alavesa, Oriental), 93.

5% red vineyard along the Ebro. Benchmark age-worthy wines.

The top white wines of Winery Santalba

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Santalba

How Winery Santalba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of sublime fish and shrimp colombo, beetroot chips or cod crumble with coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Santalba

On the nose the white wine of Winery Santalba. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Santalba. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Santalba

  • 2016With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.59/5

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

  • Viura
  • Verdejo

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

Elegant, structured reds with aromas of strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, blond tobacco and pronounced vanilla from long oak ageing. Ranges from Joven to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. Star of Rioja DOCa, Ribera del Duero DO and Toro DO, also shines in the Douro as Tinta Roriz/Aragonez. One of the world's most planted Spanish varieties.

The top pink wines of Winery Santalba

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Santalba

How Winery Santalba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, lamb mice confit in port wine or veal cutlets with savoy tomme.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Santalba

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Rancio

Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).

The top sweet wines of Winery Santalba

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Santalba

How Winery Santalba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Santalba.

  • Viura
  • Malvasia

Discover the grape variety: Viura

Crisp, structured dry whites with a pale golden color, ample palate and preserved acidity, offering citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white flowers (acacia, orange blossom), yellow fruits (pear, peach), apple and mineral notes. Fine barrel-ageing and cellaring potential (evolving Riojan whites). Star of Rioja DOCa whites as the primary white grape; also essential in Catalan Cava DO. Spanish synonym for macabeo in Rioja.

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Discover the grape variety: Garnacha

Generous, warm reds with an evolving ruby robe, smooth tannins and an ample palate, showing intense aromas of ripe red fruits (cherry, candied raspberry), garrigue, dry herbs, spices, liquorice and sun-drenched notes. Also in luscious rosés and sweet wines (Banyuls). Absolute star of Priorat DOQ, pillar of Rioja DOCa, Garnacha de Aragón, Campo de Borja DO, Calatayud DO and Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC. Aragonese autochthonous variety, one of the most planted worldwide.

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