The Winery Solar Viejo of Rioja

Winery Solar Viejo - Amor de Madre Crianza Rioja
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Freixenet Group.
It is ranked in the top 1234 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Solar Viejo is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Solar Viejo wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Solar Viejo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Solar Viejo

How Winery Solar Viejo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, original mafé with okra or sauté of veal with olives (corsica).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Solar Viejo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Solar Viejo. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, raspberry or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Solar Viejo. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Solar Viejo

  • 2002With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Graciano
  • Bonarda
  • 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 Viejo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Solar Viejo

How Winery Solar Viejo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of panga curry, toast with foie gras and gingerbread or bouillabaisse like in marseille.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Solar Viejo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Solar Viejo. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Solar Viejo

  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Viura

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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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.

News about Winery Solar Viejo and wines from the region

Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

At the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest wine competition saw its biggest year to date, with 18,094 wines tasted from 56 countries. Over 15 consecutive days in June 2021, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals. Join Decanter at our Fine Wine Encounter NYC this June, where you will have the opportunity to sample 23 of these top awarded Gold, Plati ...

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DO Penedès: new rules and aiming for Spanish wine’s top-tier

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The word of the wine: Warm

A wine rich in alcohol whose power is expressed by an alcoholic nose and a burning sensation in the mouth.

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