The cellar

Top-rated Garnacha

Every wine

The highest-rated Garnacha bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

4.9 Rioja Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia 4.6 Priorat Nit de les Animes Nin-Ortiz 4.5 Priorat Perpetual Torres Salmos 4.5 Penedes Sus Scrofa Pardas 4.4 Priorat Clos Figueres Clos Figueras 4.4 Penedes Mas Petit Pares Balta 4.4 Penedes Mont-Rubi Black Heretat Mont-Rubi

Region by region

Where Garnacha is made

3 regions, with their best Garnacha bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Garnacha

Every cheese
Queso Camerano Our pick Curado Camerano, ripened at least 75 days, is hard, with a brown-green mould rind and a salty, slightly bitter finish. A Tempranillo-led Reserva, aged a year or more in oak, brings fruit that softens the bitterness, while the cheese's salt tames the tannin. Rioja Reserva (Tempranillo-led), Rioja: Vina Tondonia Reserva · Vina Ardanza Reserva · Vina Bosconia Reserva
Mató Our pick ACREFA says mató is usually eaten with honey, jam, nuts or a sweet liqueur. A sweet late-harvest Garnacha from Falset with dried-fruit richness stands in for the honey: the cheese stays milky, the wine brings the sweetness. Naturally sweet Garnacha, DO Montsant, Priorat: Etim Dolc Natural
Formatge serrat Our pick Cabernet Franc from the Penedès, aged in French oak, joins high acidity to a herbal, savoury edge and fine to firm tannin; the acidity cuts serrat's fat and the herbs meet the cheese's intense, peppery flavour. Cabernet Franc aged in French oak (DO Penedès), Penedes: Sus Scrofa
Garrotxa Our pick Dry rosé Cava brings red-berry fruit, high acidity and a fine bead: the bubbles lift Garrotxa's firm, buttery paste and the berry fruit plays against the lactic tang of the goat's milk. Rosé Cava, Brut and Brut Nature, Penedes: Rosat Garnatxa Cava

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