Top 100 wines of Paraje Altamira

Discover the top 100 best wines of Paraje Altamira of Uco Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Paraje Altamira and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Paraje Altamira

The wine region of Paraje Altamira is located in the region of Uco Valley of Mendoza of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Susana Balbo or the Domaine Achaval-Ferrer produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paraje Altamira are Malbec, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paraje Altamira often reveals types of flavors of oak, baking spice or graphite and sometimes also flavors of sweet tobacco, cedar or savory.

In the mouth of Paraje Altamira is a powerful. We currently count 50 estates and châteaux in the of Paraje Altamira, producing 111 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Paraje Altamira go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Paraje Altamira

wines from the region of Paraje Altamira go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of meat and goat pie, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or spanish omelette (tortilla auténtica).

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Paraje Altamira

On the nose in the region of Paraje Altamira often reveals types of flavors of oak, baking spice or graphite and sometimes also flavors of sweet tobacco, cedar or savory. In the mouth in the region of Paraje Altamira is a powerful.

News from the vineyard of Paraje Altamira

International Beaujolais Nouveau Day

Although Cru Beaujolais has been having its moment in the sun for a few years now, its younger, lighter-bodied ‘nouveau’ cousin is coming back into its own. How Beaujolais Nouveau Day started The tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau dates back to the 1800s. Winemakers would bottle their just-fermented wine, produced from grapes harvested just a few months prior, an unusually tight timeframe in winemaking terms. This occasion called for a massive celebration among Beaujolais-based vigneron ...

‘Ultra-rare’ Olivier Bernstein jeroboam sells for £57,000

Cult Wines partnered with Olivier Bernstein to offer the ‘ultra-rare’ jeroboam from the 2017 vintage via its new CultX digital trading platform. An auction hammer price of £57,000 ($69,000) was just under the pre-sale high estimate of £60,000. Cult Wines said the jeroboam set a new benchmark price for Romanée-St-Vivant grand cru and was sold for the equivalent of £14,250 per 75cl bottle – again demonstrating the strength of the market for high-end Burgundy wines. ‘Given the scarcity ...

Georgia’s indigenous grapes: reviving hidden treasures

‘When I started producing wine, the wineries were all in a very bad condition,’ said Askaneli Brothers president Gocha Chkhaidze, recalling the poor state of the Georgian wine industry shortly after the country declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. ‘There was inadequate sanitation, a lack of know-how and old-fashioned bottling lines. People were unable to make wine sustainably, vineyards were not sufficiently cared for, agronomists were unskilled and used to harvest the maximu ...