Wine region
La Rioja
La Rioja is a wine region in Argentina, home to 6 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
La Rioja's 6 wineries lean red but make plenty of white too; Cabernet Sauvignon is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOCa designation.
Most common single-grape wines
When La Rioja wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- 3 single-grape wines
- Chardonnay
- 3 single-grape wines
- Malbec
- 3 single-grape wines
Wine profile
La Rioja leans red (about 56% of its wines) but makes meaningful white too.
39 distinct La Rioja wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red22 · 56%
- White16 · 41%
- Rose1 · 3%
Types: Still.
Representative La Rioja wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Riojana — Bonarda Malbec
- Chanarmuyo — Gran Vino Cabernet Franc
- Finca Nunca Jamas — Etcetera Torrontes
- Chanarmuyo — Malbec
- Riojana — Malbec
- Vinas Riojanas — Torrontes
- Altaland — Syrah
- El Coto — Semiduce
Quality designations
Wines here carry DOCa status — a controlled quality designation.
- DOCaDenominación de Origen Calificada — Spain's top tier, above DO (used by Rioja and Priorat).
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good La Rioja wine
Look for the DOCa designation — it signals a controlled-origin La Rioja wine.
FAQs
- How are wineries and producers selected for La Rioja?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative La Rioja wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for La Rioja?
- The current regional catalogue contains 39 linked wines from 6 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.