Winery AguaquecantaSingle Vineyard Corte Gualtallary
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Malbec, the Pinot noir and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary of the Winery Aguaquecanta is in the top 20 of wines of Gualtallary.
Food and wine pairings with Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary
Pairings that work perfectly with Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary
Original food and wine pairings with Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary
The Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary of Winery Aguaquecanta matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of fresh sausage, express veal stew in a pressure cooker or cantonese rice.
Details and technical informations about Winery Aguaquecanta's Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary.
Discover the grape variety: Malbec
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Single Vineyard Corte Gualtallary from Winery Aguaquecanta are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Aguaquecanta
The Winery Aguaquecanta is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Gualtallary to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gualtallary
The wine region of Gualtallary is located in the region of Uco Valley of Mendoza of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine El Enemigo or the Domaine PerSe produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gualtallary are Malbec, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gualtallary often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit or tree fruit.
The wine region of Mendoza
Mendoza is by far the largest wine region in Argentina. Located on a high-altitude plateau at the edge of the Andes Mountains, the province is responsible for roughly 70 percent of the country's annual wine production. The French Grape variety Malbec has its New World home in the vineyards of Mendoza, producing red wines of great concentration and intensity. The province Lies on the western edge of Argentina, across the Andes Mountains from Chile.
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
