Rioja
Continental with Atlantic and Mediterranean influences
Spain's most famous quality-wine region, on the upper Ebro, defined by oak-aged Tempranillo blends classified from Crianza to Gran Reserva.
Genel bakış
Rioja hakkında
Rioja became Spain's first DOCa in 1991. It lies along the upper Ebro river and is divided into three sub-zones: Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa, which are higher and cooler, and Rioja Oriental (formerly Rioja Baja), which is warmer and drier. Tempranillo leads, blended with Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo.
The region's style owes much to the 1860s and 70s, when phylloxera in France sent Bordeaux winemakers south and taught local producers about barrel-ageing. Traditional wines are aged for long periods in American oak, which adds vanilla and dill notes, while modern producers often use French oak. On the label, a red Crianza has at least two years' ageing (one in oak), a Reserva three years, and a Gran Reserva five.
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İspanya
Gölgeli alan: La Rioja, Álava. Harita birimleri eyalet, il ya da département'dır; bu yüzden daha küçük bir yer, onu içeren daha büyük alan olarak görünür.
Arazi
İklim ve terroir
İklim
Continental with Atlantic and Mediterranean influences
Atlantic in the west, where Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa are cooler and wetter, becoming warmer, drier and more Mediterranean toward Rioja Oriental. The Cantabrian mountains to the north shelter the region from the worst of the weather.
Terroir ve topraklar
Asmaların yetiştiği zemin
Three main soil types along the Ebro: calcareous clay, ferrous (red) clay and alluvial soils. The higher-altitude sites in Rioja Alta and Alavesa are mostly clay-limestone, giving fresher, more structured wines.
Daha derine
Kurallar, yıllar ve üreticiler
Rioja's labels are ranked by ageing, so it is easy to read: the longer in barrel and bottle, the higher the tier.
Gran Reserva
At least five years' ageing before release, including two in oak. Made only in the best years.
Reserva
At least three years, with one in oak.
Crianza
At least two years, with one in oak.
Joven
Young wine released with little or no oak ageing.
Viñedo Singular
A single-vineyard designation, added in 2017 to recognise specific sites.
Rioja içinde
Mense adları
Rioja Alavesa
A small, hilly, cool subzone in the Basque province of Álava, prized for perfumed, fine-grained Tempranillo from high-altitude plots.
Rioja Alta
Rioja's cooler, wetter western zone around Haro, closest to the Atlantic, long the traditional home of the region's longest-aged Reserva and Gran Reserva.
Rioja Oriental
Rioja's warmest, driest zone, formerly called Rioja Baja, where Garnacha thrives alongside Tempranillo in riper, fuller-bodied wine.
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Üzümler
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