The Winery Solar de Samaniego of Rioja

Winery Solar de Samaniego
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 178 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Solar de Samaniego is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Solar de Samaniego wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Solar de Samaniego

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Solar de Samaniego

How Winery Solar de Samaniego wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or calf sweetbread with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Solar de Samaniego

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Solar de Samaniego

  • 1995With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 1999With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Solar de Samaniego.

  • Tempranillo
  • Graciano
  • Garnacha

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 Solar de Samaniego

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Solar de Samaniego

How Winery Solar de Samaniego wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of filet mignon in a crust, american style lobster tails, great chef style or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Solar de Samaniego

  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Solar de Samaniego.

  • Verdejo

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Graciano

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