5 Decades of Rioja
Comprehensive guide and wine tasting notes
I decided to draft an article as a follow up on the epic wine tasting of Rioja which I arranged for a group of wine enthusiasts some time ago. Here you will learn the absolutely must-know facts about Rioja wine region and get my 10 insights which I find very useful.
For lazy ones you can immediately scroll down to the end of the article, where you will find 10 useful conclusions and observations.
Rioja is by far the most famous wine region of Spain. Attention to Rioja turned to French merchants and winemakers, when a malicious phylloxera destroyed almost the entire wine industry of Bordeaux more than 150 years ago. In 1870 with the launch of railway traffic began the rapid trade of Rioja wines. Today we can confidently state that Rioja is one of the most outstanding wines of Europe in which the history and geography are combined in a wonderful way.
History of Rioja
Ancestors of Rioja are considered to be two marquis: Riscal and Murrieta. The first vines were planted in the estate of Ygay in 1825, and in 1852 Marquis de Murrieta founded the winery. In 1878 he…
