The Winery Vallemayor of Rioja

Winery Vallemayor
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 180 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Vallemayor is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vallemayor wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Vallemayor

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vallemayor

How Winery Vallemayor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussel clusters, macaroons foie gras / figs or exotic fish gratin with three purées.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vallemayor

On the nose the white wine of Winery Vallemayor. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vallemayor. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vallemayor

  • 2014With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viura

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 red wines of Winery Vallemayor

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vallemayor

How Winery Vallemayor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, irish stew with beer or sauté of pork with carrots and potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vallemayor

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vallemayor

  • 2006With an average score of 5.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.22/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Graciano
  • Mazuelo
  • Carignan

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 pink wines of Winery Vallemayor

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Vallemayor

How Winery Vallemayor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or chicken pie.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Vallemayor

  • 2008With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Tempranillo

The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Vallemayor

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 Vallemayor.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Vallemayor and wines from the region

Corpinnat announces large boost in sales

The 11 producers within the group saw total sales reach 2.3 million bottles for 2021 which erased the general 23% contraction in sales during 2020 and surpassed 2019’s 2.2 million bottles sold. What’s more, the per bottle price rose 2% from 2020 to an average of 17.35€. This is an important distinction in a country where sparkling wines are regularly found in supermarkets for 2€ a bottle or even less. The Corpinnat producers admit that this rise in price will unfortunately be offset ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’

An electronic dart was tossed at us recently by Decanter reader Tim Frances from Kent. It landed on the screen of our magazine editor Amy Wislocki; Amy lobbed it across the virtual room to me, suggesting a column-length reply. ‘Here’s a poser,’ Tim began. ‘How do your experts grade a wine that they find intellectually well made, but that they truly madly deeply dislike? I’ve tasted wines I can admire dispassionately, but would stab my feet with forks rather than drink them. Must be a conundrum f ...

Vega Sicilia invests €20m in Galicia white wine plan

Vega Sicilia’s announcement of its project in Galicia brings an end to months of industry speculation over where exactly the company would make its first Spanish white wines. Spanish daily newspapers El País and Cinco Días revealed news of the construction of a new winery and the acquisition of 24 hectares of vineyards by Vega Sicilia, owned by the Álvarez family. Vega Sicilia confirmed that production would initially consist of two white wines: Deiva, a white Crianza (aged 2 years); and Arnela, ...

The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.

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