The Winery Alfredo Roca of San Rafael of Mendoza

Winery Alfredo Roca - Fincas Malbec
The winery offers 55 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Mendoza.
It is located in San Rafael in the region of Mendoza

The Winery Alfredo Roca is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 55 wines for sale in of San Rafael to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alfredo Roca wines

Looking for the best Winery Alfredo Roca wines in San Rafael among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alfredo Roca wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alfredo Roca wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alfredo Roca

How Winery Alfredo Roca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, tajine of beef balls and merguez or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alfredo Roca. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, chocolate or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alfredo Roca. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

  • 2001With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.53/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alfredo Roca.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Bonarda
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of San Rafael

San Rafael is an Argentine wine region located in the very Center of the Mendoza province, roughly 200 kilometers (125 miles) South of the city of Mendoza. Although not on the scale of the Vineyard">Vineyards around Mendoza's main wine regions in the north-west of the province, the vineyards of San Rafael still cover almost 22,000 hectares (54,000 acres), which still represents 15 percent of Mendoza's plantings, and the wines make up for quantity through quality. As expected Malbec is the primary grape variety here. Bordeaux-style blends are prominent among the region's most popular wines, and single-variety wines are also made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and, less commonly, Pinot Noir.

Bonarda (Charbono) is also grown but tends to feature in blended red wines. Chardonnay, Semillon and Torrontés feature among the white wine grape varieties. The wine estates are to the south of the city of San Rafael where the Atuel and Diamante rivers make their way toward the Pampas Plain from the foothills of the Andes Mountains. The effects of altitude here are generally not as important as in the rest of Mendoza, with vineyards generally found between 500 and 700 meters (1600ft and 2300ft) above sea level.

While the alpine vineyards of Alto Adige in Italy are found at similar heights – this is relatively low by Argentine standards. Despite its distance from the Andes in the west, San Rafael is still located within the mountain range's considerable rain shadow and has a semi-arid Climate as a consequence. At the same time rivers flowing down from the mountains provide plentiful snow-melt water for vineyard irrigation, which can be judiciously applied to limit the growth and vigor of the vine. The sandy, alluvial soils help in this regard as well; they are reasonably free-draining and cause the vines to develop Deep root systems.

The top white wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alfredo Roca

How Winery Alfredo Roca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of the real vegetables stuffed in the provençal way, wild rice salad with tuna or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alfredo Roca. often reveals types of flavors of apples, peach or butter and sometimes also flavors of green apple, pear or straw. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alfredo Roca. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

  • 2018With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.27/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alfredo Roca.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Tocai Friulano
  • Torrontés
  • Glera

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

The top sparkling wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Alfredo Roca

How Winery Alfredo Roca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of barbecued filet mignon, smoked salmon omelette or crab matoutou.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Alfredo Roca.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.

The top pink wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Alfredo Roca

How Winery Alfredo Roca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, duck confit (canned) or chicken curry and onions.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

  • 2020With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Alfredo Roca.

  • Merlot
  • Malbec

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Alfredo Roca

How Winery Alfredo Roca wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of kig ar farz breton, lamb crumble with oregano and feta cheese or roast veal orloff with mushrooms.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Alfredo Roca

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Alfredo Roca.

  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Arching

A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alfredo Roca

Planning a wine route in the of San Rafael? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alfredo Roca.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.