The Winery Viña Albina of Rioja

Winery Viña Albina - Gran Reserva
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Bodegas Riojanas.
It is ranked in the top 741 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Viña Albina is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Viña Albina wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Viña Albina

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Viña Albina

How Winery Viña Albina wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, canned cassoulet or veal chop with rosemary.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Viña Albina

On the nose the red wine of Winery Viña Albina. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Viña Albina. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Viña Albina

  • 1970With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1978With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.06/5

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

  • Tempranillo
  • Graciano
  • Mazuelo

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 sweet wines of Winery Viña Albina

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Viña Albina

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

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Viña Albina

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Viura
  • Malvasia

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.

The top white wines of Winery Viña Albina

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Viña Albina

How Winery Viña Albina wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cuttlefish in sauce, steamed carrots with saffron or zohra's fish tagine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Viña Albina

On the nose the white wine of Winery Viña Albina. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Viña Albina. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Viña Albina

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Viura
  • Malvasia
  • Verdejo

The word of the wine: Pommadé

Said of a wine that is unbalanced, pasty, syrupy, and whose excessive sugar content gives an impression of heaviness.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Viña Albina

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 Viña Albina.

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 Viña Albina and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Pommadé

Said of a wine that is unbalanced, pasty, syrupy, and whose excessive sugar content gives an impression of heaviness.

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