Our wine list!
At Ziryab we select each and every wine personally – through numerous wine tastings to select the right wines for you! (yes, our job is very, very tough…. ). As a result, each wine has been thought through carefully, depending on what we think accompanies well the style of food we serve, and the kind of customers who walk through our doors. Our team includes several certified sommeliers, but all our waiters and waitresses are trained in serving wines and in recommending the best wine for your meal. The right wine depends on the day, the weather, the accompanying food and, of course, the company you are in!
Here is our current wine list (we change it every season to bring you new fresh wine selections!)
These are wines by bottle. By glass we have various great wines, on the board in the restaurant!
RED WINE
LIGHT-BODIED REDS (FRUITY)
Catalonia
PANXU DE TUETS (Ull de Llebre) • explosive fruit. 25.00
Rest of Spain
VITAMINA 3 (Garnacha) • light, fun, intensely fruity. 19.50
Italy
CIRELLI ROSSO (Montepulciano) • round, pleasing. 4.50/22.50
Turkey
PASAELI 6N (Merlot) • freshness, sour cherries, spicy finish. 25.00
MEDIUM BODY
Catalonia
♀TREMPAT (Trepat) 12m • fruity, enchanting spice. 30.00
BATLLIU NERO (Pinot Noir) • elegant high-altitude Pinot. 34.00
AL BONA (Carinyena) 12m + chestnut barrel • depth of fruit. 27.00
Rest of Spain
LA XARA (Garnacha) 10m • subtle and fragrant. 4.70/23.50
ARTIFICE (Tenerife varieties) 10m • smoky, mineral, deep. 30.00
FULLER-BODIED REDS
Catalonia
790 PECATS (Garnacha, Syrah) 26m • long, delicate, sinful. 29.50
Rest of Spain
PEÑA EL GATO (Garnacha) 10m • old vine elegance. 5.20/26.00
TINTILLA BALBAINA (Graciano) 12m • delicious, balanced. 32.00
VINO AL LADO DE CASA (Monastrell, Syrah) 12m • smooth. 25.00
Greece
SCLAVOS SYNODOS (local varieties) 12m • deep, aromatic. 32.50
Italy
♀CHIARA CONDELLO (Sangiovese) • Sangiovese character. 35.00
FULL-BODIED WITH ABSOLUTE FINESSE
Lebanon
CHATEAU MUSAR ROUGE 2016 57.50
Bordeaux refinery with a Mediterranean character.
Bekaa Valley. Winery Chateau Musar
Cabernet Sav, Carignan, Cinsault
12m in French oak barrels
Catalonia
CLOS GALENA 2018 59.00
Lip-smacking blend from the special Priorat wine region.
D.O.Q. Priorat
40% Garnacha, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Carinyena, 20% Syrah
12m in French oak barrels
Slovenia
MOVIA VELIKO RDECE 2011 (Natural!) 65.50
Deep and long in the mouth, dry, silky.
Goriška Brda, Primorski
70% Merlot, 20% Pinot Noir, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
6 years in French oak barrels
Ribera del Duero (Spain)
DOMINIO DEL ÁGUILA RESERVA 2019 78.50
Fine, serious, elegant.
D.O. Ribera del Duero. Winery: Bodega del Águila
100% Tempranillo
27m in French oak barrels
Rioja (Spain)
200 MONGES RESERVA RIOJA
Melts in mouth.
Reserva 2012 69.00
Gran Reserva 2006 95.00
D.O.Q. Rioja
85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, 5% Garnacha
20m in French and American oak barrels
Try a vertical tasting (different vintages)!
ORANGE WINE (SKIN CONTACT)
Catalonia
VITXO (6 months grape SKIN CONTACT) • funky, rock ‘n’ roll. 4.90 24.00
(Chardonnay, Xarel·lo)
♀ MARQUESA COMALATS (5 DAYS SKIN CONTACT) • soft, light. 25.00
(Picapoll local variety, high altitude 720m)
Greece
ZAKINTHINO ORANGE (7 DAYS SKIn contact) • citric bite. 33.00
(Zakynthos local variety) 12m on lees (with grape sediments)
France
SALAMANDRE (10 DAYS SKIN CONTACT) • gentle and floral. 23.00
(Grenache)
ROSÉ
Morocco
VOLUBILIA GRIS (DRY AND LIGHT) 24.50
Catalonia
PIM PAM PINK (FRUITY FLAVOURS, NATURAL WINE) 4.80 24.00
WHITES
DRY WHITES
Catalonia
7 PAMS (Xarel·lo) • mineral with a touch of nuttiness. 4.90 24.50
QUARS PRIORAT (Garnacha) 10m • fine, elegant, oak-aged. 34.00
RANDOM BLANC (Parellada, skin contact)• discrete, soft. 25.00
Rest of Spain
AKAET BLANCO (Natural!) (local varieties) 5m • volcanic. 33.50
ALBARIÑO CAZAPITAS (Albariño) • citric & salivating. 25.00
TXAKOLI NEKAZARI (local varieties) 10m • dry, fresh. 26.00
UBE EL REVENTÓN (Palomino) • notes of sherry. 5.80 29.00
France
DOMAINE RÔLET (Chardonnay) 14m • rounded, oak-aged. 34.50
MORE FRUITY OR FLORAL
Catalonia
SURREALISTA (local varieties) • creamy, long. 4.60 19.00
TU, CHE (Natural funky!) (Chenin blanc) • ecclectic, cider-like. 27.00
Rest of Spain
CANTAYANO (Verdejo) 8m • less tropical, more real. 26.00
LIRONDO (Natural funky!) (natural-style verdejo) • unfiltered. 28.50
France
LUNE À BOIRE (Riesling et al) • floral aromas, fresh, full. 27.00
MAKE IT SPECIAL: WHITE RIOJA IS THE NEW RED
200 MONGES GRAN RESERVA BLANCO 2008 • depth; exceptional white Rioja. 72.50
D.O.C. Rioja (Spain) • 100%Viura 24m French oak barrels
PIRATA (MAGNUM, 1.5L) 2016 (Natural!)• aromatic, spiced, discreet but so much to say. 135.50
Rioja/Segovia (Spain) • winery Contador • Verdejo, Viura, Garnacha, Malvasía (old vines) 7m, unfiltered and off the spectrum
BUBBLES
Catalonia
♀ROSÉ CAVA MARIA RIGOL • (Pinot Noir) 15m 25.00
TUTUSAUS GRAN RESERVA • (4 grapes, aged 36m). 4.90 24.50
ANCESTRAL SHHHHH! • (Parellada) delicious and nutty. 28.00
“Ancestral” or “Pet-nat” was the original way of making sparkling wines, discovered by mistake in the 16th Century. Unlike regular cavas or champagnes, no sugar is added and the grape juice ferments entirely in one bottle, naturally.
Rest of Spain
FRANCISCO DE CALA VERMUT ESPUMOSO 32.00
Cadiz (Spain) winery Reyes Magos• Palomino & Pedro Ximenez (Oloroso sherry 16 yrs & sweet wine Pedro Ximenez 5 yrs)
Sparkling vermouth!! Quite unique and spectacular. Made using the champenoise sparkling method. Sweet, refreshing.
France
CHAMPAGNE LARMANDIER EXTRA BRUT 76.00
A.O.C. Champagne (France) • 100% Chardonnay 24m – biodynamic
A wonderful champagne from a conscientious wine-maker. Toasty notes, citric, fresh.
DRY OPTION POST-DINNER
SERENO DE LA VINYETA • digestive in the style of “rancio” oxidized wine. 5.10 (100ml)
D.O. Empordà (Catalonia) • 100% Garnacha roja 25.00 (500ml)
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Some background for the more avid drinkers…
Catalan wines: Catalonia’s wine-making region is one that is sometimes underestimated among foreigners coming to Barcelona. It is, however, a land that makes fantastic wines and it’s a must to try some of its autochthonous varieties such as the Xarel.lo as a nice alternative to a regular Chardonnay, the citric fresh variety of Picapoll blanc, or the red varieties of Sumoll and Trepat. Garnatxa is a grape that is widely used in Catalan wines. It is also a region that is very experimental, much more than its somewhat more “classic” wine-growing Spanish neighbouring regions such as Rioja. They experiment a lot with different types of materials to age the wine in a way that will not influence the flavours too much (e.g. clay, cement, natural pools, storing under the sea, cool mountain caves, etc).
Wines from the Mediterranean: Ziryab has a growing selection of wines from all over the Mediterranean – some quite hard to come by in Barcelona. In fact, the Mediterranean marks the traditional route that the Phoenicians used to take when trading goods long before the Romans were doing it, and it is a little-known fact that the wine production tradition in the east of the Mediterranean (around where Lebanon lies today) dates back some 6000 years. We have chosen some fabulous wines from France, Italy, Lebanon and Morocco, to name a few…
Natural wines: we are now entering the world of natural wines! It’s a fabulous universe of flavours and really takes you back to the essence of wine-making: before we used additives, filtering, flavourings, oak ageing and other methods that affect the taste of the wine. Check out our blog post on natural wines to learn more on this topic, on the process of making natural wines, on the natural wine festivals you can go to and the natural wines you can try on our wine list!
Wine tasting: Try one of Ziryab’s tasting experience with paired wines! It is an amazing selection of combined flavours and textures, each tasting dish pairing perfectly with each of the 7 selected wines, and information cards about each wine and each pairing that you can take home with you. You can also give it as a gift voucher to a friend. A very special experience 🙂