The Winery Tenorio is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of La Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Tenorio wines in La Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Tenorio 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 Tenorio wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Tenorio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), lamb kleftiko (greek) or thai rice, asian style.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Tenorio. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tenorio. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
La Rioja is a wine region in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in western Argentina, North of Mendoza and San Juan. Unlike its Spanish namesake, it has traditionally been associated most closely with white wines.
The mountainous Terroir of the region is particularly suited to the Torrontés Riojano variety, which produces Fruity, Soft, Aromatic whites. Bonarda, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec can also be found growing throughout the region.
Locals argue that La Rioja was one of the first Argentinian regions to have vines Planted in it, and Spanish settlers in the late 16th Century are widely credited with being the first to plant grapes here. La Rioja was named for the northern Spanish region by Juan Ramirez de Velasco, a native of the latter.
This has caused some animosity between the two regions. In 2011, the Argentinian province won a court case allowing it to continue to label its wines as 'La Rioja Argentina'.
Vineyard conditions in La Rioja
La Rioja's position in the rain shadow of the Andes range means that wine-producing areas are strictly governed by access to water. As a result, vineyard distribution is scattered.
There is a single main production area in the Famatina Valley, which sits in the mesoclimate formed by the Sierra de Velasco and the Sierra de Famatina mountain ranges. Some small vineyard areas can also be found around the towns of Nonogasta and Villa Union.
How Winery Tenorio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, vegetarian or aperitif such as recipes of pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets), light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or kale chips.
According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a cross between Pinot Blanc and Gouais Blanc, which is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.
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Interspecific crossing between 7489 (direct white producer hybrid) and Hamburg Muscat obtained in 1979.
