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Si eres amante del vino, seguramente has escuchado acerca de La Rioja o probado algún vino de esta maravillosa región. 

La Rioja es sin duda la región productora de vino más importante y antigua de España... y ¡Una de las más importantes del mundo! Al noreste del país, colindando con el País Vasco, Navarra, Aragón y Castilla y León y a poco más de 300 km de Madrid, se encuentra esta bellísima región.Rioja General 

Es interesante destacar que el registro más antiguo que se tiene de la vid en esta región data del 873, pero se cree que la vitivinicultura y el vino comenzaron desde hace más de 2,000 años. 

Esta región tiene el privilegio de ser la primera Denominación de Origen y Denominación de Origen Calificada (la clasificación de calidad más alta) de toda España. Cuna de las variedades de uva Tempranillo, Garnacha tinta, Mazuelo y Graciano en tintas y Viura, Garnacha blanca y Malvasía en blancas. De hecho, estas variedades son las únicas permitidas para producir un vino auténtico Riojano.

La Rioja se divide en Rioja Alavesa, Rioja Alta y Rioja Baja; cada vino producido en cada región posee diferentes características que los hace únicos. 

Rioja AltaCity Rioja

Situada al sur del Río Ebro, el segundo río más importante del país, el cual atraviesa siete comunidades autónomas, incluidas dos grandes capitales, Logroño y Zaragoza. 

La Rioja Alta comprende las comarcas de: Haro, Nájera, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Anguiano y Ezcaray. Esta región tiene la fortuna de tener un clima continental con influencia atlántica y suelos calcáreos y arcillosos, lo cual permite la elaboración de vinos elegantes, complejos y equilibrados. 

Algunas de las principales bodegas vitivinícolas que se pueden encontrar aquí son: 

  • Viña Tondonia
  • Marqués de Murrieta
  • Muga
  • La Rioja Alta

Rioja Baja (Oriental) 

La Rioja Baja se ubica al Este de la región de la Rioja. Sus municipios son Alfaro, Arnedo, Calahorra y Cervera. Esta subregión posee un clima poco más seco que la Rioja Alta, con influencia mediterránea, esto quiere decir que la Rioja Baja tiene temperaturas más elevadas y menos precipitaciones. La suma del clima más sus suelos arcillosos permite que sus vinos resulten con mucho cuerpo. Esta subregión se caracteriza principalmente por producir mayor volumen que las otras dos. 

Algunas de las principales bodegas vitivinícolas que se puedes encontrar aquí son: 

  • Palacios Remondo
  • Real Agrado - Viñedos de Alfaro
  • Bodegas Ilurce
  • Bodegas Viña Herminia

Rioja AlavesaRioja Alavesa

La más pequeña de las subregiones, pero no por eso menos importante. Esta región, ubicada en la comarca de Álava, en el País Vasco, al norte del Río Ebro comparte características similares a la Rioja Alta. Con un clima continental y el gran beneficio de estar cercana al océano Atlántico, (el cual le otorga frescura), esta región junto con la Rioja Alta, es conocida por producir los mejores vinos de toda la Rioja. 

Además de producir excelentes vinos de alta calidad, dentro de esta región también se pueden encontrar bodegas con una arquitectura espectacular. El mejor ejemplo de esto es la Bodega Vitivinícola, Marqués de Riscal, la cual, sumado a que es una de las más antiguas bodegas de toda La Rioja y productora de algunos de los mejores y más reconocidos vinos de todo el país, tiene una arquitectura espectacular y admirada por los más expertos.

Algunas de las principales bodegas vitivinícolas que se pueden encontrar aquí son: 

  • Marqués de Riscal 
  • CVNE
  • Ysios
  • Viña Real
  • Izadi
  • Luis Cañas

Si eres un coleccionista de vinos y te encanta guardarlos y esperar algunos años para volver a probarlos, sin duda tienes que considerar tener unos buenos Riojanos en tu Cava. Los vinos de esta región, son famosos por tener una capacidad de guarda bastante prolongada, especialmente los Reserva y Gran Reserva. 

Gracias a sus constantes innovaciones y modernización, al proceso estricto que regula la calidad de sus vinos, a que apuestan por el enoturismo y la hotelería, a que es sede de una de las Universidades de Enología más prestigiosas del Viejo Continente, La Rioja sigue y seguirá sorprendiendo a los amantes del vino. 

¿Qué esperas para probar un GRAN VINO RIOJANO? 

¡Salud y Puros Vinazos!

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