The wine region of Aguascalientes is located in the region of Center of Mexico. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Santa Elena or the Domaine Santa Elena produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Aguascalientes are Malbec, Merlot and Tempranillo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Aguascalientes often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, tree fruit or non oak.
In the mouth of Aguascalientes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 17 estates and châteaux in the of Aguascalientes, producing 66 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Aguascalientes go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Bottles of three different wines made by the two Masters of Wine in partnership with English producers will be part of the special charity sale this week, beginning on Thursday (25 November). All profits will go to the Marine Conservation Society, a charity that works to protect and restore the sea and its ecosystem, said Barrie and Richards. ‘We’re proud to be working with the Marine Conservation Society,’ said Susie Barrie MW. ‘English wine may have benefited in some regards from climate chang ...
Establishing a vineyard isn’t something you just rush into these days. Identifying the right site, carrying out soil analysis, selecting suitable rootstocks and varieties, procuring equipment… We’ve made a lot of progress in the past 80 years. But perhaps we overthink such things. Some estates, such as Domaine Font de Courtedune, have grown organically, with major decisions often being made for practical, rather than stylistic, reasons. And the results, from Côtes-du-Rhône to Châteauneuf-du-Pape ...
The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...
