Top 100 red wines of Mendoza - Page 2
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Mendoza as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Mendoza and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Mendoza
World capital of Malbec: powerful, deep reds with blackberry, plum, violet and sweet spice, round tannins and vivid fruit. Also firm Cabernet Sauvignon, supple, juicy Bonarda, aromatic floral white Torrontés. High-altitude vineyards (800-1,700 m) at the foot of the Andes, dry continental climate irrigated by glacial waters. ~80% of Argentine output across 150,000 ha.
Star sub-regions: Luján de Cuyo, Maipú, Valle de Uco. Fleshy, sun-filled wines.
Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo
Elegant, structured reds with aromas of strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, blond tobacco and pronounced vanilla from long oak ageing. Ranges from Joven to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. Star of Rioja DOCa, Ribera del Duero DO and Toro DO, also shines in the Douro as Tinta Roriz/Aragonez. One of the world's most planted Spanish varieties.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Mendoza
red wines from the region of Mendoza go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, marco's pasta with bacon or lamb fillet with monbazillac.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Mendoza
On the nose in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, vanilla or licorice and sometimes also flavors of cassis, dark fruit or non oak. In the mouth in the region of Mendoza is a powerful.
